Old English · noun
foxes glofa
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- Modern English
- foxglove
Meaning
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foxglove
Wið oman, ġenim þysse wyrte lēaf þe man [s]trycnos manicos ⁊ oðrum naman foxes glōfa nemneþ...
For inflammatory sores, take leaves of this plant, known as στρύχνος μανικός, also named with another name "foxglove"... [As Cockayne points out, this identification is incorrect.]
Etymology
From fox + glōf.
Descendants
foxglove
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