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lēac-tric

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Hana Videen

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]

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wār

Posted on September 8, 2018 by Hana Videen

wār, n.n: seaweed; sand, strand. (WAHR)

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gār-lēac

Posted on August 25, 2018 by Hana Videen

gār-lēac, n.n: garlic (lit. spear-leek). (GAR-LAY-ock)

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gorst-bēam

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Hana Videen

gorst-bēam, m.n: a bramble. (GORST-BAY-ahm)

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Bramble in the Vienna Dioscurides. Constantinople (Byzantine Empire), c. 515. Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Codex Vindobonensis med. gr. 1, f. 83r. [commons.wikimedia.org]

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enelēac

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Hana Videen

enelēac, n.n: an onion. (EH-neh-LAY-ock)

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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!)

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cristalla

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Hana Videen

cristalla, m.n: crystal; the herb crystallium, flea-bane, flea-wort. (KRIS-tall-lah)

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ifig

Posted on July 1, 2018 by Hana Videen

ifig, n.n: ivy. (IH-vee)

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Marginal ivy in a Book of Hours. France (Paris), c. 1418. New York, Morgan Library, MS M.919, f. 187v. [ica.themorgan.org]

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wyrt-forbor

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Hana Videen

wyrt-forbor, n.n: restraint from an action by the operation of herbs. (WURT-for-bor)

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tungilsinwyrt

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Hana Videen

tungilsinwyrt, f.n: white hellebore. (TUN-yill-zin-WURT)

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gærs-cīþ

Posted on June 10, 2018 by Hana Videen

gærs-cīþ, m.n: a blade of grass. (GARZ-cheeth)

Royal 19 D.III, f.402

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]

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