Old English · noun
curmealle
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈkur.mæ͜ɑl.le/[ˈkurˠ.mæ͜ɑɫ.ɫe]
- Syllables
- ˈkur · mæ͜ɑl · le (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- knapweedcentaureasppyellowwortblackstoniacentauriumerythraeaperfoliata
Meaning
-
knapweed (Centaurea spp.)
-
yellowwort (Blackstonia perfoliata)
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common centaury (Centaurium erythraea)
Wið hwostan, wyll curmeallan wyrtruman, wyrc to duste, syle him on wine drincan, sona se hwosta blinneð.
2000, “Lacnunga”, in Stephen Pollington, editor, Leechcraft: Early English Charms, Plantlore, and Healing, Anglo-Saxon B
Declension
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | curmealle |
| Accusative | curmeallan |
| Genitive | curmeallan |
| Dative | curmeallan |
All forms (2)
Etymology
Unknown; the second element may represent *mealle (“cudgel, pestle”), from Proto-Germanic *mallǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-; compare Latin malleus, and for the semantics, modern English clubweed, drumsticks (“knapweed”). Forms in -elle, -ille are likely by analogy with cunille, gagille, wurmille.
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