† ˈhillwort Obs.
[f. hill n. + wort.]
An old name of Pennyroyal (or ? of Wild Thyme).
| c 1000 ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 133/34 Samum, hylwurt. Ibid. 137/2 Pollegia, hylwyrt. c 1265 Voc. Plants ibid. 555/1 Pulegium, puliol, hulwurt. 14.. Voc. ibid. 605/48 Pulegium, hullewort. 1528 Paynell Salerne's Regim. X iij, Hyll worte..taken with wyne purgeth blacke coler. 1597 Gerarde Herbal App., Hilwort is Puliol mountaine. |