berbéna
- noun [ feminine ]
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Berbéna [berbéne MS. H.] Ðeós wyrt, ðe man περιστερεών, and óðrum naman berbénam, nemneþ, heó ys culfron swíðe híwcúþ.
Vervain. This plant, which they call vervain, and by another name verbena, in colour is very like to doves,
- Herb. 67, 1 ;
- Lchdm. i. 170, 11-14.
Bosworth, Joseph. “berbéna.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/3805.
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