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Ellen-wyrt

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1 ellen-wyrt

f. Elderwort, wallwort, danewort, dwarf-elder; sambūcus ĕbŭlus, Lin :-- Genim ðas wyrte, ðe man ĕbŭlum, and óðrum naman ellenwyrte nemneþ, and eác sume men wealwyrt hátaþ take this herb, which is named ĕbŭlum, and by another name elderwort, and some men also call it wallwort, Herb. 93, 1; Lchdm. i. 202, 5: Wrt. Voc. 67, 12, 64: 69, 17. ellen-wyrt
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ᛖᛚᛚᛖᚾ-ᚹᚣᚱᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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