Berbéna

Old English Dictionary Entry

Berbéna

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: æ; Related words: and by

Definitions

1 berbéna

f. Latin : berbéne, an; f. Vervain; verbēna :-- 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. Verbēna officinalis is intended by the drawing in MS. περιστερεών in Dioskorides.

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ᛒᛖᚱᛒᛖᚾᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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