HÝF
A HIVE
Entry preview:
Mæderecíþ on ðínre hýfe ðonne ne ásponþ nán man ðíne beón ne hí man ne mæg forstelan ða hwíle ðe se cíþ on ðære hýfe biþ [put] a plant of madder in your hive; then nobody will lure away your bees, nor can they be stolen while the plant is in the hive,
spring
a source of water ⬩ scaturigo, scatebra ⬩ fons ⬩ fons ⬩ a springing, rising, spring in day- spring, ⬩ what springs up or from. ⬩ an ulcer, a sore, pustule ⬩ a flux ⬩ a squirting, sprinkling
Entry preview:
[Sprynge of a tre or plante, springe or yonge tre planta, plantula, Prompt. Parv. 470.] Similar entries v. of-spring. as a medical term, an ulcer, a sore, pustule Spryng carbunculus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 46: 13, 11: papula, 116, 22.
greáte wyrt
Entry preview:
Meadow saffron; colchicum autumnale Ðeós wyrt ðe man hieribulbum and óðrum naman greáte wyrt nemneþ this plant which is called ίεόβoλβos and by another name great wort, Herb. 22, 1; Lchdm. i. 118, 14: L. M. ii. 52, 1; Lchdm. ii. 268, 22
be-sprengan
Entry preview:
Add:: to bespatter ꝥ on þám fúhtan wege ne beón heora fét besprengde ne plantas humidior uia spargat , Chrd. 64, 36
tǽsl
Teasel, teazle
Entry preview:
Plant Names) nemneþ, hafaþ leáf wiþerrǽde and þyrnyhte, and heó hafaþ on middan sumne sinewealtne crop and þyrnyhtne, Lchdm. i. 282, 15
Linked entry: wulfes-tǽsl
wanan-beám
Entry preview:
English Plant Names. E. E. T. S. Pub., and cf; O. H. Ger. spinnel-boum fusarius) Wananbeám (uuanan-, uuonan-) fusarius, Txts. 65, 935 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 5. Wanabeám fus*-*sarius, 36, 58 : fursarius, 1. 286, 3
Linked entry: wana-beám
wyrtwalian
Entry preview:
to plant Ongelǽdde wyrtwælæs (plantabis) hié on dúne yrfeweærdnesse ðíne, Cant. Moys. 21 ( = Ex. 15, 17). Wirtwæledæst plantasti, Ps. Spl. T. 43, 3.
mageþe
maythe ⬩ chamomile ⬩ ox-eye
Entry preview:
Plant-names under mathes and May-weed.]
hwerwe
Entry preview:
a plant name, perhapscolchicum autumnale: — Ða greátan wyrt hwerwe hátte, L. M. 2, 52; Lchdm. ii. 268, 22. [Cf. Ðeós wyrt de man hieribulbum and óðrum naman greáte wyrt nemneþ, Herb. 22, 1; Lchdm. i. 118, 13. v. Lchdm. ii. 396, col. 1.]
wéde-berge
A plant that is used against madness, hellebore
Entry preview:
A plant that is used against madness, hellebore Woedeberge, woedibergæ eleborus, Txts. 59, 736. Woidiberge helleborus, 67, 1017. Wédeberge, Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 21 : 32, 30.
Linked entries: woide-berge berge
bróc-minte
BROOKMINT, horsemint ⬩ mentha sylvestris ⬩ Σισύμβριον ⬩ sisymbrium officinale
Entry preview:
Take the juice of this plant, which men call σισύμβριον, and by another name, brookmint, Herb. 107; Lchdm. i. 220, 17
spír
a spire
Entry preview:
Plant Names, where spire is given as the name of the reed and of various spiked grasses. The word is also used of tapering trees, v. Baker's Northampt. Gl. Hreódes spír Lchdm, ii. 266, 10
lǽce-wyrt
Entry preview:
Ðeós wyrt ðe man lichanis stefanice and óðrum naman lǽcewyrt nemneþ this plant which is named λύχνιs στεφανική and by another name leechwort [Cockayne Lchdm. ii. 396, col. 2 suggests campions or ragged robin or one of that kindred as the plant here meant
wæterung
Watering, providing with water, ⬩ providing water for people ⬩ watering of plants
Entry preview:
Th. ii. 222, 29. watering of plants Syððan ða wyrta grówende beóð, hé geswýcð ðære wæterunge, i. 304, 27
rifeling
Entry preview:
A kind of shoe or sandal Rifelingas obstrigilli (obstrigilli calcei, qui per plantas consuti, ex superiore parte corrigia constringuntur, Isidore), Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 25
gripa
Entry preview:
Genim ðysse ylcan wyrte gódne gripan take a good handful of this same plant, Herb. 36, 4; Lchdm. i. 136, 4: 81, 5; Lchdm. i. 184, 18. Berende gripan heora portantes manipulos suos, Ps. Spl. 125, 8
on-fundelness
Experience, proof
Entry preview:
Experience, proof Ðysse wyrte onfundelnysse manega ealdras geséðaþ many authorities testify to the efficacy of this plant from experience, Lchdm. i. 140, 9.
Linked entry: -fundelness
hyll-wyrt
Hill-wort
Entry preview:
Plant Names hillwort is given as [1] mentha pulegium; [2] thymus serpyllum
Linked entry: hǽl-wyrt
windel-streáw
Windle-straw, some kind of coarse grass or reed
Entry preview:
Plant Names) Eár spica, egle aresta, windelstreów calmum, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 22: ii. 16, 74. Genim ðæt micle greáte windelstreáw twyecge, ðæt on worþium wixð, Lchdm. ii. 44, 4
un-fortredde
not destroyed by treading ⬩ knot-grass ⬩ polygonum aviculare
Entry preview:
not destroyed by treading; a name given to a plant that can grow in trodden paths, knot-grass; polygonum aviculare Pilogonus et sanguinaria ðæt is unfortredde, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 66. Unfortrædde.