Cluf-wyrt

Old English Dictionary Entry

Cluf-wyrt

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 cluf-wyrt

f. The herb buttercup; batrachion = GREEK, ranunculus acris, Lin :-- Ðeós wyrt ðe man batrachion, and óðrum naman clufwyrt nemneþ, biþ cenned on sandigum landum and on feldum: heó biþ feáwum leáfum and þynnum this herb which is called batrachion , and by another name buttercup, is produced on sandy lands and in fields: it is of few and thin leaves, Herb. 10, l; Lchdm. i. 100, 15-17: L. M. 3, 8; Lchdm. ii. 312, 13. cluf-wyrt

Runic Inscription

ᚳᛚᚢᚠ-ᚹᚣᚱᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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