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gearwe

  • noun [ feminine ]
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gearwe, gearuwe, gearewe, gæruwe, garuwe, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§220; §264; §553;
YARROW; millefŏlium, achillæa millefŏlium,
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  • Ðas wyrte man millefŏlium and on úre geþeóde gearwe nemneþ

    this plant is named millefŏlium and in our language yarrow,

    • Herb. 90, 1
    • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 194, 6 : Wrt. Voc. 79, 23.
  • Wylle gearwan on buteran

    boil yarrow in butter,

    • L. M. 1, 60
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 130, 22; 2, 56
    • ;
    • Lchm. ii. 276, 19 : 3, 30
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 324, 25.
  • Wyl onmeolcum ða reádan gearwan

    boil in milk the red yarrow,

    • L. M. 3, 65
    • ;
    • Lchm. ii. 354, 9.
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v. gearewe.
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  • gearwe, n.