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Feld-wyrt

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f. Field-wort, gentian; gentiāna :-- Feldwyrt gentiāna, Wrt. Voc. 68, 7. Herba gentiāna, ðæt ys feldwyrt the herb gentiāna, that is, field-wort, Herb. cont. 17, 1; Lchdm. i. 12, 16. Ðeós wyrt, ðe man gentiānam, and óðrum naman feldwyrt nemneþ, heó biþ cenned on dúnum this herb, which is called gentian, and by another name field-wort, is produced on downs, Herb. 17, 1; Lchdm. i. 110, 2. feld-wyrt
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ᚠᛖᛚᛞ-ᚹᚣᚱᛏ

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