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mold "? 



mor, mur, mulberry : L. morus. 



mug, ? worm, insect, midge. I do not know 

 the word else, but I guess a connection with 

 midge. The mugwort was a famous vermi- 

 fuge : it has a French name, Mort des vers 

 (Fuchs) ; and dried flower-heads are said to 

 be still sold by herbalists as 'wormseed/ 

 See Treasury of Botany, v. Artemisia. 



mus, mouse. 



naedder, snake. 



niht, night. 



persoc, peach : L. persicaria. 



por, leek : L. porrum. 



a, sea. 



sin, entirely, always, in sinfulle always full, 

 singrene always green, sinwealt completely 

 round, spherical. Two of these are in 

 German, gingtutt and 3imx>ett. "We recog- 

 nise it also in c sundew/ which meant not 

 Eos solis, but ' ever dewy/ as may be learnt 

 from German ginbau, a name for Drosera 

 and also for Alchemilla. This word, now a 

 prefix only, is probably the positive to the 

 M. Gothic superlative sinista eldest, and 

 cognate with Lat. senex. See Curtius, ei/o?. 



slep, sleep. 



smert, pain, pangs, travail. 



spere, spear. 



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