wyrt-drenc, m.n: a herb-drink, potion made from herbs. (WURT-drenk)
Category Archives: trees + plants
strēaw-berige
strēaw-berige, f.n: a strawberry (plant or fruit). (STRAY-aw-BAIR-ee-yeh)
Herbarium of Pseudo-Apuleius Platonicus. Southern Netherlands (Meuse Valley), 3rd quarter of the 12th century. London, British Library, Harley MS 1585, f. 30r. [bl.uk]
strēaw
strēaw, n.n: straw, hay. (STRAY-aw)
Book of Hours. France, c. 1475. New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, MS M.73, f. 3v. [ica.themorgan.org]
wyrt-brǣþ
wyrt-brǣþ, m.n: a perfume from plants, an odour, aroma. (WURT-brath)
lēac-tric
lēac-tric, m.n: a lettuce. (LAY-ock-tritch)
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Tacuinum Sanitatis of Rouen, early 15th century. Rouen nouvelles bibliothèques. [bibliodyssey.blogspot.com]
wār
wār, n.n: seaweed; sand, strand. (WAHR)
gār-lēac
gār-lēac, n.n: garlic (lit. spear-leek). (GAR-LAY-ock)
gorst-bēam
gorst-bēam, m.n: a bramble. (GORST-BAY-ahm)
Bramble in the Vienna Dioscurides. Constantinople (Byzantine Empire), c. 515. Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Codex Vindobonensis med. gr. 1, f. 83r. [commons.wikimedia.org]
enelēac
enelēac, n.n: an onion. (EH-neh-LAY-ock)
Tacuinum Sanitatis, a health handbook from c. 1400, based on an 11th-century Arab medical treatise by Ibn Butlan of Baghdad. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 9333, f. 22v. [gallica.bnf.fr] (Thanks to Hilmi Anaç for identifying!)
cristalla
cristalla, m.n: crystal; the herb crystallium, flea-bane, flea-wort. (KRIS-tall-lah)
