adderwort
(ˈædəwɜːt)
Also 1 nædderwyrt.
The herb Bistort or Snakeweed (Polygonum Bistorta).
| c 1000 Saxon Leechd. I. 96 Ðeos wyrt þe man..nædderwyrt nemneð, bið cenned on wætere, & on æcerum. 1617 Minsheu Ductor, This hearbe hath his root crooked and winding vp, as a snake when he lieth wound vp, and therefore it is called Adderwort. |