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GLOSSARY. 



vEgwyrt, gen. -e, fern., eggwort, dande- 

 lion, leontodon taraxacum ; like Germ. 

 Eyerblume, from the round form of the 

 pappus. Lacn. 40. 



^Ifsibenne, from cclf, eJf, and sido, masc, 

 manners, asBoet. p. 45,1. 21, p. 131, 1. 10, 

 often taken in a good sense as morals. 

 Lb. I. Ixiv. The termination -en, like 

 -ivos, -inus, does not always relate to 

 metals and materials, but as in fyrlen, 

 distant, myrteu,mortuari/,is more general. 

 We may therefore take this word as the 

 accusative of an adjective. It is, how- 

 ever, possible that it may be a substan- 

 tive. Lacn. 11. 



^IfsogcSa. See Sogo^a. Lb. III. Ixii. 



iElfSone, gen. -an ; fem. ? probably cir- 

 c(ea httetiana, enchanters nigJdshade, 

 which in old Dutch is Alfrancke. Lb. 

 I. xxxii. 4; II. liii. 



./Epenms, masc, gen. -e)% a medlar, fruit of 

 viespdus germanica. Lb. II. ii. 2. See 

 the passage and the glossarial openaep)-, 

 mespilum. 



^ppel, gen. -pies, masc. in sing, pi, -pla, 

 apple, malum. Numb. xi. 5. P. A. 19 b. 

 Also a soft fruit, as fruit of the bramble. 

 Lb. I. Ixiv. ; III. xli. Fingersepla, dates, 

 M.H. 131 b. A translation of AaicrvXot. 

 t'oji'Sseppel, Numb. xi. 3, a cucumber. 

 Fic »ppel, a fig (Lye), pi. pcffippla, 

 Matth. vii. 16 ; Luke vi, 44. PalmjEpla, 

 Gl. Cleop. fol. 66 d. Gl. Mone, p. 409 b. 

 Lb. II. i. ; n. xxxvi. SSpp. .543. 



2. A dumpling. Hb. cxxxiv. 2. 



3. The ball of the eye, with pi. masc. 

 On ^sej- ppenlsean eajum beo'S "Sa 

 jepplaj- hale. Ac ^a bpsepa)' j^peacigea'S, 

 P. A. 15, a. hi the eyes of the bleareyed 

 the balls are healthy, but the lids .swollen. 

 Se o'Scp SDppel j)ae)- SeeraciSoh, M.H. 

 98 b, the ball of one eye u-as emptied 

 of its crystalline, aqueous, and vitreous 

 humours. Applied less exactly as a 

 translation of pup ilia, Boet. p. 132, 1. 25. 



^pse, gen. -an, fem.? the aspen, populus 

 tremula. Lb. I. xxxvi. SH. 25. The 

 last syllable in the modern name repre- 

 sents the case endings. JE\>r. occurs in 



^pse — cont. 

 the glossaries, and Lb. III. xxxix ; it is 

 regarded by JElfric in Gr. as Abies. 



JEsc, gen. -es, masc. C.D. 461, the ash, 

 fraxi?ius excelsior. Se cojihta sesc. C.E. 

 429. 



Ceaster a;sc, Helleborvs niger, black 

 hellebore, which has leaves like those of 

 the ash. " Eliforus (read Helleborus), 

 " j)ebe bejige (jnad berry') vel ceafcc]i 

 " fe)-c." Gl. Cleop. fol. 36 b. Lacn. 39. 



JEsce, gen. -an, fem., ash, cinis. Lb. I. 

 xxxviii. 4. Quad. iii. 4. Axe \>\x ea]ic 

 T on axan leoya. Cinis es et in cinere 

 uiue. Sell, a. iE.G. 11,47. C.E. 213, 

 line 27. Cf. Aska, fem., old Dansk. 



.^scl'jiotu, gen. -an, fem. 1. Verbena 

 officinalis, Hb. iv., with the drawing. 

 Verbenaca, in MS. Bodley 130, is drawn 

 and glossed Verbena, vervain. Also 

 Veruyn in ]\IS. T. Verbenaca in 

 Dodoens is Vervain. " Verveyne, 

 " Veruena vocatur grece ierobotanum 

 " vel peristerion et dicitur verbena 

 " quia virtutibus plena," MS. Douce, 

 290. MS. G. has a gl. " Taubencropf," 

 which, as I learn from Adeluug, is 

 Verbena. " Hiera quam Latini Ber- 

 " benam uocant ideo a grecis hoc 

 " nomen accepit quod sacerdotes earn 

 " purificationibus adhibere consueve- 

 " runt." MS. Harl. 5264, fol. 56, b. 

 '' Verbena, sescwert," Gl. Mone, p. 442 a. 

 " Berbenaces, eascvyrt," Gl. Dun. Lb. 

 IIL 72. 



2. Annuosa, which is found in a few 

 glossaries, is a mere blunder for anchusa, 

 translated in Hb. ci. 3, by ashthroat. 



3. Goutweed, eegopodium podagraria. 

 Ashweed is this in Mylnes Indigenous 

 Botany. This plant I take to be meant 

 by the Ferula of Gl. M.M., Gl. Dun., 

 Somner Lex., Gl. Brux. The Ferula 

 communis, or fennel giant, is not a 

 native of England, and under t.U cir- 

 cumstances, would cither not have an 

 English name or one extended to plants 

 of a similar aspect, even if smaller. 

 This segopodium is often called Angelica, 



