Smeoru-wyrt

Old English Dictionary Entry

Smeoru-wyrt

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 smeoru-wyrt

f. Smer-wort. 'Aristolochia rotunda, in allusion to its use in ointments.' E. D. S. Plant Names. Halliwell gives 'smereworth the round birthwort, or the herb mercury'. It is found in the following glosses :--Smeoruwyrt veneria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 33. Smerowyrt nom (nap?) silvatica, 62, 39. Smerewyrt anstolochia, i. 67, 17 : Lchdm. iii. 300, col. 1. It occurs also in the Leechdorns :--Smerowyrt. Ðeós wyrt ðe man aristolochiam and óðrum naman smerowyrt nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 114, 9-11. Smeruwyrt, ii. 338, 13. Smerewyrt, 128, 15. smeoru-wyrt

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ᛋᛗᛇᚱᚢ-ᚹᚣᚱᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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