waywort
(ˈweɪwɜːt)
Also 3 waiwurt, 5 weyewourth, 6 weywort.
[f. way n.1 + wort. Cf. early mod.G. weg(e)wurz, synonym of G. weg(e)wart(e endive.]
A name for † a. the saxifrage (obs. rare—1); b. the pimpernel.
| c 1265 Voc. Plants in Wr.-Wülcker 556/25 Saxifragium,..waiwurt. a 1400–50 Stockh. Med. MS. p. 194 Pympernol or selfhol or weyewourth or morecrop: ipia maior. 1597 Gerarde Herbal Suppl., Waywort is Pimpernell. Ibid., Weywort is Ipia maior. 1886 Britten & Holland Plant-n., Way-wort. Anagallis arvensis. |