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raentary, yet trulv akin to our maturer 

 conceptions. 



In the above list I have not included 

 ivormivood, which is indeed a Compound 

 in its present form^ but possibly not so in 

 its Saxon form wermod. This word has 

 been very variously explained. Mr. Cock- 

 ayne has rendered wermod as 'ware-moth' 

 in Leechdoms, i. 217. The herb was famous 

 as a remedy against internal worms, and 

 to this our modern form luormwood con- 

 sciously points, as does also the Dutch 

 wormkruid = worm-herb. Fuchs gives 

 n>ef)ren and 9Jtut[) as explanatory of the 

 German 2Bcrmutf)j as if keeping up the 

 spirits. The 0. H. G. forms are wermuota, 

 werimuote, werimiiot, M. H. G. wermuote 

 and wermuot. Weigand treats the termina- 

 tion 0. H. G. -uot, A. S. -dd, as derivational, 

 and refers to the root warm, as the herb 

 of warming qualities. This is rejected by 

 GrassmanUj who however has nothing to 

 oflfer in its place, but leaves it in un- 

 certainty. 



To provide namesfor the hostsof thevege- 

 table world, so far even as they are named 



