wyrt-brǣþ, m.n: a perfume from plants, an odour, aroma. (WURT-brath)
Category Archives: trees + plants
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. (GAR-LAY-ock / ˈgaːr-ˌleːak)
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]
enne-lēac
enne-lēac, n.n: onion. (EN-nuh-LAY-ock / ˈɛn-nə-ˌleːak)
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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