gār-lēac, n.n: garlic (lit. spear-leek). (GAR-LAY-ock)
Category Archives: trees + plants
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)
ifig
ifig, n.n: ivy. (IH-vee)
Marginal ivy in a Book of Hours. France (Paris), c. 1418. New York, Morgan Library, MS M.919, f. 187v. [ica.themorgan.org]
wyrt-forbor
wyrt-forbor, n.n: restraint from an action by the operation of herbs. (WURT-for-bor)
tungilsinwyrt
tungilsinwyrt, f.n: white hellebore. (TUN-yill-zin-WURT)
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gærs-cīþ
gærs-cīþ, m.n: a blade of grass. (GARZ-cheeth)
Nebuchadnezzar and an ox eating grass. Bible historiale, Guyart des Moulins. Central France (Paris and Clairefontaine), 1411. British Library, Royal 19 D III, f. 402r. [bl.uk]
ciris-æppel
ciris-æppel, m.n: a cherry. (CHIR-iz-APP-ell)
A boy stealing cherries from a tree. The Luttrell Psalter. Northern England (Lincolnshire), 1325-1340. British Library, Add MS 42130, f. 196v. [bl.uk]
wyrt-geard
wyrt-geard, m.n: a kitchen-garden. (WURT-YAY-ard)
