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Greáte wyrt

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1 greáte wyrt

f. Meadow saffron; colchicum autumnale :-- Ðeós wyrt ðe man hieribulbum and óðrum naman greáte wyrt nemneþ this plant which is called ίεόβoλβos and by another name great wort, Herb. 22, 1; Lchdm. i. 118, 14: L. M. ii. 52, 1; Lchdm. ii. 268, 22. greate wyrt
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ᚷᚱᛖᚪᛏᛖ ᚹᚣᚱᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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