† ˈhenbell Obs.
In 1–5 henne-belle.
[f. hen n. + bell n.1; from the bell-shaped calyx.]
Earlier name of henbane.
| c 1000 ælfric Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 134/5 Simphoniaca, henne-belle. c 1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 94 Ðeos wyrt þe..sume men henne-belle hatað. a 1500 Sloane MS. 5. 6/2 Cassialago, simphoniaca, iusquiamus..A[nglice] hennebelle. 1597 Gerarde Herbal App. to Table. |