Ellen-wyrt

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ellen-wyrt

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

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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

Runic Inscription

ᛖᛚᛚᛖᚾ-ᚹᚣᚱᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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