Old English · noun
elene
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈe.le.ne/
- Syllables
- ˈe · le · ne (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- elecampane
Meaning
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elecampane
Þis dēah wið fōt eċe: ġenim elenan moran ⁊ eferþrotan moran ⁊ doccan moran. Wyll swīðe well on buteran. Drēahna ūt þurh wyllene clāð. Lǣt cōlian. Æfter smyre. Syþþan ꝥ ġeswel him bið sōna sēl.
This avails against foot-pain: take elecampane-root and carline thistle-root and dock-root. Boil (it) very well in butter. Drain (it) out through woollen cloth. Let (it) cool. Smear (it) after. Subsequently, his swelling will soon improve.
9th century, Leechdoms, Wortcunning and Starcraft of Early England, Volume III, p. 72, fol. 188 a.
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *elunā (“elecampane”).
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