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meadwort
† ˈmeadwort Obs. Forms: 1 medo-, medewyrt, 3 medwurt, 4, 8 medewort, 5 -wourth, 6 -wurt, 5 medwor, -wert, 6 Sc. meduart, -wart, 6 medæwart, medow wurt, 7 medowort, 8 meadwort. [OE. medowyrt, f. medo mead1 + wyrt wort, plant; corresponding to Sw. dial. mjödört (and equivalents in Norw., Da., mod.Icel...
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Filipendula ulmaria
In Chaucer's The Knight's Tale it is known as meadwort and was one of the ingredients in a drink called "save".
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meadsweet
† ˈmeadsweet Obs. Forms: 5 medeswote, -sewte, 6 -swete, -sweete, 8 meadsweet, 6–8 corruptly maidsweet. [app. f. mead2 + sweet a.; but it is possible that, as in meadwort, the first element may originally have been mead1. The MDu. medesoete has the appearance of being etymologically equivalent (mede ...
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woman
▪ I. woman, n. (ˈwʊmən) Pl. women (ˈwɪmɪn). Forms (case-inflexions in OE. and early ME. as in man n.1): sing. α. 1–5 wifman, 2–3 -mon, 2–4 wimman, (3 wim(m)on, wyman), 3–4 wymman, 3– 5 wymmon (4 wyfman). β. 3 wummon, 3–5 wumman. δ. 3–5 womman, wommon, 4–6 voman, 5 vomman, woman(n)e, 5–6 wommane, 7 w...
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