Old English · noun
mucgwyrt
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- IPA
- /ˈmuɡɡ.wyrt/[ˈmuɡ.wyrˠt]
- Syllables
- ˈmuɡɡ · wyrt (2 syllables)
Meaning
mugwort
Ġif man sċyle mugcwyrt tō lǣċedōme habban, þonne nime man þā rēadan wǣpned men ⁊ þā grēnan wīfmen tō lǣċecræfte.
If one must have mugwort as a remedy, then may he take the red males and the green females as medicine.
9th century, Leechdoms, Wortcunning and Starcraft of Early England, Volume III, p. 72, fol. 188 a.
Etymology
Likely from mycg (“midge”) + wyrt (“wort, a plant”).
Descendants
mugwort
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