CV111 INTRODUCTION. 



such glosses as Meghede for Camomile, and 

 wermut for A. S. wermod, this doubt is 

 apt to rise. The historical relation of the 

 old German lists to the Anglo-Saxon must 

 be ascertained, before we can rightly appre- 

 ciate their evidence. And it applies not 

 only to the Old German, but also to old 

 Danish. There is a famous old Danish 

 Herbal of the twelfth century called Hen- 

 drik Harpestreng's Lsegebok. This book 

 was based upon Frankish sources, especially 

 the versified treatise of Macer Floridus. 

 When in Harpestreng we find the chervil 

 (A. S. cyrfel) written kyruael ; or when 

 we find incense (A. S. recels) in the form 

 of rokelso and rekaelse ; these certainly 

 look rather like Anglo-Saxon words on 

 their travels. So that for the Scandian 

 no less than for the Teutonic authorities 

 we want to form some definite opinion 

 of the effect of our missionaries on the 

 Herbals of those among whom they 

 sojourned. 



Fuchs gives the Nightshade the German 

 name of 9fod)tfd)att or 9lad)tfd)attett : and 

 Graff has a nahtscato : are these inde- 



