Brún-wyrt

Old English Dictionary Entry

Brún-wyrt

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: brúne-wyrt, e; Related words:

Definitions

1 brún-wyrt

f. I. BROWNWORT or water-betony; scrofularia aquatica :-- Genim bánwyrt and brúnwyrt take banewort and brownwort, L. M. 1, 25; Lchdm. ii. 66, 18. Brúne wyrt, 1, 61; Lchdm. ii. 132, 7. Genim brúne wyrt take brownwort, 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 268, 9, 13: 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 100, 5: 1, 48; Lchdm. ii. 122, 16. II. wood-betony or brownwort; scrofularia nodosa :-- [Genim] ða brúnan wyrt brádleáfan, sió weaxeþ on wuda take the broad-leafed brownwort, which grows in woods, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 92, 23. brun-wyrt

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚱᚢᚾ-ᚹᚣᚱᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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