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Anglo-Saxon

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mægeþe

name of a plant

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name of a plant

cammoc

(n.)
Grammar
cammoc, cammuc, commuc, es; n. m? The cammoc, kex, an umbelliferous plant, brimstone wort, hog's fennel, cow weed, cow parsley. Kambuck is still a name of the kexes in Suffolk, Prior 36, 126; peucedănum officinale, = πευκεδανόν , n; πευκεδανός , f.
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sulphur wort, hog's fennel Ðás wyrte man peucedanum, and óðrum naman cammoc [cammuc MS. H.] nemneþ this wort is called peucedanum, and by another name cammoc, Herb. 96, 1; Lchdm. i. 208, 17. Wyrc gódne drenc, elenan iii snǽda, commuces viii make a good

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eal-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
eal-sealf, e; f. [eal all, sealf salve] The herb called the oak of Jerusalem or the oak of Cappadocia; ambrŏsia, Som. Ben. Lye:=ἀμβροσία a perfumed salve, a plant; ambrŏsia mărĭtĭma, Diosc. 3, 129, L. S. Lex. under ἀμβροσία.

wyrtel

(n.)
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a plant. v. biscop-wyrtil. (?)

feld-wurma

(n.)

the plant wild marjoram

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the plant wild marjoram

dynige

Grammar
dynige, (dýnige?).
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Substitute: The name of a plant

áter-láðe

(n.)
Grammar
áter-láðe, an ; f.

The plant cock's leg ⬩ panicum crus galli

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The plant cock's leg; panicum crus galli.Betonica ? Cot. 24

sigsonte

(n.)
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a plant name, Lchdm. i. 74, 11 : 102, 24

hind-brér

(n.)
Grammar
hind-brér, es; m.

A raspberry plant; ⬩ rubus idæus,

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A raspberry plant; rubus idæus, Lchdm. iii. 22, 31

billere

(n.)
Grammar
billere, (,bil-here ?; pl. bil-hergas)
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a plant name (v. N. E. D., D. D. bilders) Billere bibulta (in a list of plant names), Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 29: ii. 11, 58. Billeru, 102, 4. Bilhergas bibultum, 126, 7

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feld-biscopwyrt

(n.)
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name of a plant, Archiv. 87, 325

hymele

(n.)
Grammar
hymele, an; f.

The hop plant ⬩ humulus lupulus

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The hop plant; humulus lupulus, Lchdm. ii. 392, col. 2

stæþ-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
stæþ-wyrt, e; f.
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A plant name, Cockayne suggests statice, Lchdm. ii. 78, 3

lyge

(n.)

sicalia

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a plant name, sicalia, Wrt. Voc. 68, 72

wyn-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-wyrt, e ; f.

A pleasant plant

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A pleasant plant Ðǽr wynwyrta weóxon and bleówon, Dóm. L. 5

treów-stede

(n.)
Grammar
treów-stede, es; m.
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A place where trees are planted Iung treów vel treowstede arbusta, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 8

reosan

Grammar
reosan, glosses

pissli ⬩ (in a list of plant names)

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; pissli; (in a list of plant names), Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 44

hors-minte

(n.)
Grammar
hors-minte, an; f.

Wild mint; ⬩ menthastrum,

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Plant Names, horse mint

foxes fót

(n.)
Grammar
foxes fót, es; m.

Fox's foot ⬩ bur reed ⬩ a water plant ⬩ sparganum simplex ⬩ xiphion ⬩ ξιφίον

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Fox's foot, bur reed, a water plant; sparganum simplex, xiphion = ξιφίον Genim ðysse wyrte wyrttruman, ðe man xiphion, and óðrum naman foxes fót, nemneþ take a root of this plant, which is named xiphion, and by another name fox's foot, Herb. 47, 1; Lchdm

hǽþ-berige

(n.)
Grammar
hǽþ-berige, an; f.

Heath-berry, bilberry ⬩ vaccinium

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Heath-berry, bilberry; vaccinium Hǽþbergean wísan heath-berry plants, L. M. 3, 61; Lchdm. ii. 344, 10

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