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smeoru-wyrt

  • noun [ feminine ]
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smeoru-wyrt, e ; f.
Smer-wort. 'Aristolochia rotunda, in allusion to its use in ointments.' E. D. S. Plant Names. Halliwell gives 'smereworth the round birthwort, or the herb mercury'. It is found in the following glosses
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  • Smeoruwyrt

    veneria,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 33.
  • Smerowyrt

    nom (nap?) silvatica,

      62, 39.
  • Smerewyrt

    anstolochia, i.

      67, 17 : Lchdm. iii. 300, col. 1.
  • It occurs also in the Leechdorns

    Smerowyrt. Ðeós wyrt ðe man aristolochiam and óðrum naman smerowyrt nemneþ,

      Lchdm. i. 114, 9-11.
  • Smeruwyrt, ii. 338, 13.
  • Smerewyrt,

      128, 15.
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  • smeoru-wyrt, n.