Dweorge-dwosle

Old English Dictionary Entry

Dweorge-dwosle

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -dwostle, an; Related words:

Definitions

1 dweorge-dwosle

f. [dweorg a dwarf] The herb pennyroyal; mentha pulēgium, Lin :-- Herbs pollēgion [ = pulēgium], ðæt is dweorge-dwosle, Herb. cont. 94, 1; Lchdm. i. 38, 12. Ðeós wyrt, ðe man pollēgium [ = pulēgium], and óðrunt naman dweorge-dwosle nemneþ this herb, which is called pulēgium, and by another name pennyroyal [dwarf dwosle], Herb. 94, 1; Lchdnt. i. 204, 6, 7: 156, 2; Lchdm. i. 282, 23: iii. 6, 19. Nim dweorge-dwoslan take pennyroyal, Herb. 106; Lchdm. i. 220, 10: iii. 6, 12. Dweorge-dwostle pennyroyal, L. M. 1, 48; Lchdm. ii. 120, 23: 2, 53; Lchdm. ii. 274, 9, 13. Lege dweorge-dwostlan gecowene on lay on chewed pennyroyal, 2, 30; Lchdm. ii. 228, 19: 2, 32; Lchdm. ii. 236, 10: 3, 1; Lchdm. ii. 304, 29: iii. 74, 5. dweorge-dwosle

Runic Inscription

ᛞᚹᛇᚱᚷᛖ-ᛞᚹᚩᛋᛚᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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