Gearwe

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gearwe

According to the Old English Dictionary:

gearuwe, gearewe, gæruwe, garuwe, an;

gearwe
f. YARROW; millefŏlium, achillæa millefŏlium, Lin :-- Ðas wyrte man millefŏlium and on úre geþeóde gearwe nemneþ this plant is named millefŏlium and in our language yarrow, Herb. 90, 1; Lchdm. i. 194, 6 : Wrt. Voc. 79, 23. Wylle gearwan on buteran boil yarrow in butter, L. M. 1, 60; Lchdm. ii. 130, 22; 2, 56; Lchm. ii. 276, 19 : 3, 30; Lchdm. ii. 324, 25. Wyl on meolcum ða reádan gearwan boil in milk the red yarrow, L. M. 3, 65; Lchm. ii. 354, 9.

Related words: gearewe. gearwe

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