Wealh-hnutu

According to the Old English Dictionary:

wealh-hnutu

gen. -hnyte; f. A foreign nut, walnut:--Hnutbeám oððe walhhnutu nux, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 23. [On a walnot withoute is a bitter barke, Piers P. 11, 251. Walnote avelana, Prompt. Parauellanum, a walnott-tree auellanus, Cath. Angl. 407 (see note). Walnot auelena, Wülck. Gl. 647, 25. Walnottre auelana, 646, 15. A walnutte and the nutte avelana, 715, 26. A walnote moracia, 596, 38. Cf. A walshenote shale, Chauc. H. F. 1281. Icel. val-hnot.] wealh-hnutu

Related words: 574. A walnotte