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candel-wyrt

(n.)
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candel-wyrt, e; f. [candel a candle, wyrt a herb, plant] CANDLE-WORT, hedge-taper, mullein; lucernaria, phlomos = φλόμος verbacum; thapsus, Lin. A plant useful for wicks 'of lamps
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Candelwyrt phlomos [MS. fromos] vel lucernaria [MS. lucernaris ]. Ælfc. Gl. 44; Som. 64, 90; Wrt. Voc. 32, 25

cýle-wyrt

(n.)
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cýle-wyrt, e; f.

Sour-sorreloxylapăthum

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Sour-sorrel; oxylapăthum Cot. 216

ealaþ-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
ealaþ-wyrt, e; f.

Ale-wortcervĭsia mustea, nova

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Ale-wort; cervĭsia mustea, nova, Som. Ben. Lye

hyll-wyrt

(n.)
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hyll-wyrt, e; f.

Hill-wort

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Hill-wort Hylwurt samum, Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 82; Wrt. Voc. 30, 34. Hylwyrt pollegia, 44; Som. 64, 83; Wrt. Voc. 32, 19. v. Lchdm. ii. 392, col. 2. In E. D. S. Plant Names hillwort is given as [1] mentha pulegium; [2] thymus serpyllum

Linked entry: hǽl-wyrt

lungen-wyrt

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

Lung-wort

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Lung-wort, Lchdm, ii. 398, col. 1: iii. 337, col. 1

hirde-wyrt

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

chlora perfoliata. erythæa centaureum,

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the greater, chlora perfoliata. the lesser,erythæa centaureum, Lchdm. iii. 332, col. 1

wyrt-gemang

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Wæs sóht hwǽr se lǽce wǽre þe cúþe wyrt-gemang wyrcan cum medicus atque pigmentarius esset quaesitus, Gr. D. 318, 2. Add

glóf-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
glóf-wyrt, e; f.

lily of the valleyconvallāria mājālishound's tonguecynoglossum officĭnāle

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Ðeós wyrt ðe Engle glófwyrt, and óðrum naman hundes tunge hátaþ this plant, which the English call glovewort, and by another name hound's tongue, Herb. 42; Lchdm. i. 144, 3

tunsing-wyrt

(n.)
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tunsing-wyrt, e; f.
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Ðeós wyrt ðe man elleborum album, and óðrum naman túnsincgwyrt nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 258, 21-23: iii. 302, col. 1. Tún[s]ingwyrt, ii. 68, 25. Cf. túngil*-*sinwyrt

Linked entry: tuning-wyrt

wyrt-tún

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Hæbbe ma[n] ǽfre on preósta mynstre wynsume wirtúnas ( ortos olerum ), ꝥ man mage þǽrof ǽfre sumne smeálicne ést findan, Chrd. 15, 36. v. ge-wyrttún; wyrt-geard. Add

mealt-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
mealt-wyrt, <b>, -wurt,</b> e; f.

Malt-wort

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Malt-wort Maltwyrt acinum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 37, 54. Mealtwurt, i. 28, 7

heals-wyrt

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Þysse wyrte ðe man narcissum and óðrum naman halswyrt nemneð, i. 158, 14. Bulbum þá wyrte ðá man óþrum naman halswyrt háteþ, 222, 10. Sinfitum album and óþrum naman halswyrt, 240, 3. Se man sé ðe biþ on healsóman nime healswyrt, iii. 4, 26. Add:

wyrt-gemang

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-gemang, es; n.
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Hig gearwodun wyrtgemang (wyrta gemong, Lind. aromata ), 23, 56: Mk. Skt. 16, 1. v. next word

æg-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
æg-wyrt, e; f.

Egg-wortdandelionleontodon taraxacum

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Egg-wort, dandelion; leontodon taraxacum, Lacn. 40; Lchdm. iii. 28, 26

clyf-wyrt

(n.)

clivers, fox-glove

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clivers, fox-glove, Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 91; Wrt. Voc. 30, 41: 79, 41

Linked entry: clif-wyrt

fleá-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
fleá-wyrt, e; f.

FLEA-WORTflea-banepūlĭcāriapsylliumψύλλιονκόνυζα

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FLEA-WORT, flea-bane; pūlĭcāria, psyllium = ψύλλιον, cōnyza = κόνυζα Fleáwyrt parirus? Wrt. Voc. 287, 23

biscop-wyrt

(n.)

bishop's-wort, betony

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bishop's-wort, betony, Lchdm. iii. 46, 26: Herb, cont. 1; Lchdm. i. 2, 1

strǽl-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
strǽl-wyrt, e ; f.
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Club-moss (?). Somner gives the word as glossing callitrichon Gif dolh fúlige, ceów strǽlwyrt on and gearwan, Lchdm. ii. 96, 9

stæþ-wyrt

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

swane-wyrt

(n.)
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swane-wyrt, (?), Lchdm. ii. 74, 20.