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beó-wyrt

  • noun [ feminine ]
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beó-wyrt, e; f. [beó a bee, wyrt a plant]
BEE-WORT, balm mint, sweet flag; apiastrum, acorus = άκoρos, acorus calamus,
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  • Beówyrt

    apiastrum,

    • Cot. 12 : Ælfc. Gl. 39
    • ;
    • Som. 63, 55
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 30, 9.
  • Ðeós wyrt, ðe man on Léden veneriam, and on úre geþeóde beówyrt, nemneþ, heó biþ cenned on begánum stówum, and on wyrtbeddum, and on mǽdum

    this plant, which in Latin is called veneria, and in our language bee-wort, is produced in cultivated places, and in wort-beds, and in meads,

    • Herb. 7, 1
    • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 96, 21 : L. M. 1, 26
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 68, 4.
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v.  bió-wyrt.
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  • beó-wyrt, n.