tunhoof Now dial.
(ˈtʌnhuːf)
Forms: 1 tunhófe, 4 tunhowe, -hoo, 5–6 tunhove, 6 tune-, 7 tunnehoofe, 8– tunhoof.
[f. tun n. + OE. hófe, hove n.1: see ale-hoof.]
The herb Ground Ivy (Nepeta Glechoma).
| c 1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 344 Wyrc gode earsealfe..tunhofe nioþoweard, celeþonian leaf garleac, cropleac, do on win. 14.. Stockh. Med. MS. ii. 406 in Anglia XVIII. 317 Anoþer herbe is callyd soo [ground-ivy] Þat we callyn tunhoo. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 506/1 Tunhove, herbe (K. tunhowe, S. thomyhow, A. thonnhowe), edera terrestris. 1597 Gerarde Herbal i. ccc. 705 In English ground Iuie, Alehoof,..Tunehoofe, and Cats foote. 1640 Parkinson Theatr. Bot. v. xciii. 677 Gill creepe by the ground, Catsfoote, Haymaides, and Alehoofe most generally, or Tunnehoofe, because the countrey people use it much in their Ale. 1869 Gd. Words Mar. Supp. 4, I used to gather in armfuls primroses,..and strong-scented tunhoof. |