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GLOSSARY. 



Beoj'vpt — cont. 



stood, as that the -wort will induce an 

 unsettled swarm of bees to i-econcile 

 themselves to an offered hive ; hence it 

 •was reasonably called beewort : and so 

 Dioskorides, of Acorum says, that the 

 roots are not in smell unpleasant ; rfj 

 6a/xfj ovK a-nSels. In MS. V. the root 

 chiefly is drawn, and the figure corre- 

 sponds minutely with the description in 

 Dioskorides, that they,for he uses a plural, 

 are not straight grown, but oblique and 

 superficial, divided by knots ; ovk els eieh 

 iretpvKvias aAAa irKaytas Kol e'l tVnroArjs, 

 ySvacri SieiArj^.ueVas. That he adds 

 viroXevKov^, whitish, while the English 

 drawing has a strong red, may be set 

 down to the artistic tastes of the painter. 

 The di-awing in MS. A. is very similar. 

 Somners Gl. p. 63 a, line 59, translates 

 apiago by beowyrt. In MS. Bodley, 

 130, veneria is drawn as acorum, with a 

 large creeping root, and glossed "lemre" 

 for the English name. Dorsten calls the 

 roots of acorus " rubicundas," as co- 

 loured in MS. v., and on this ground 

 several glossaries make acorus = madder. 

 The x^po^ of the mai'gin of Dioskorides 

 is another form of acoros, and'AcppoSicrlas 

 has the same sense as veneria. MS. G. 

 figures a crow foot, with gl. "honefus." 

 2. Acanthe. Hb. cliv. figured as sld- 

 laria hulostea. 



Besengian, to singe. Lb. I. li. See Sengian. 



Besoreadan, to empurple. Lb. I. xlvii. 1 ; 

 from baso, jjurple, and read, red. 



Byben, gen. -e, fern., a bucket: used in 

 Lb. I. xxxii. 2, with a perforated stool, 

 and thus evidently the modern bidet. 



Binj-pypc, fem., gen. in -e, a rush, a iuncus 

 or carex or butomus umbellatus, as in 

 German. 



Bypisbepge, fem., gen. -an, -ean, a mul- 

 berry. Lb. II. XXX. 2. Moros, mulberry 

 trees, Ps. Ixxvii. 52, is translated by 

 typ'S and by mapbeamaf. Spelm. 

 Bepij;bpenc, diamoron, Gl. in Lye, a 

 drink made from mulberries with honey. 



Bypla, masc, gen. -an, the barrel, in the 

 horse keepers sense ; Lb. I. Ixxxviii. 3, 

 from the context and the modern word. 

 As, however, there is but this known 

 example, it may be perineum, like bcere, 

 in Molbech. Cf. " Burlings, the tails 

 " and other parts, which are taken from 

 " lambs when sheared. Burl, to take such 

 " wool from lambs as is dirtied, or liable 

 " to additional deterioration from their 

 " laxity of body." Salopia antiqua Gl. 



Bi)"ceoppy]ir, fem. gen. in -e, bishopswort, 

 ammi mains. (Skinner, Nemnich,Florio, 

 Cotgrave, Lovell, Culpeper.) This is 

 medicinal, but foreign, and must be 

 taken as cultivated by our " herborists," 

 as Lyte says of it. Bishops weed=ammi. 

 Skinner. So we read " the southern " 

 bishopwort. Lb. II, liv. 



2. Verbena officinalis? if we trust Gl. 

 Somn. p. 64 a, 1, with p. 66 [63] b, 32. 



3. "Hibiscus?" //-eernaZ/ow. Gl. Cleop. 

 Gl. M.M. Vitex '^ Agnus castus," Gl. 

 Arund. 42, fol. 92. " Puleium mon- 

 " tanum," Gl. Arund. 42. 



Bij-ceopjiypC yeo Iscj-j-e, the lesser 

 bishopswort, betonica officinalis. "Beto- 

 " nica,"Gl. Somn.p. 64a,49 ; Gl. Arund. 

 42; Gl. Dun. ; Gl. Mone, p. 320 b ; Gl. 

 Faust ; Hb. i. ; but Skinner says " be- 

 " tonica aquatica," which is scrophularia 

 aquatica. Bat. ; and Culpeper says, 

 " water betony, in Yorkshire bishops 

 " leaves." 



Bite, gen. -ej-, masc. 1. a bite. 2. a 

 cancer. 1. pi. hitay, Quadr. xiii. 7; Isl. 

 bit, a bite, is neuter (B.H.). Biz, ohg., 

 hiss in Germ., are masc. The word is 

 followed by heo, Quadr. xi. 7, but that 

 will be an error. Slire also and others 

 have final e. Lb. I. xliv. 1. 



Blffic, gen. -ey? a blotch. Lb. Contents, 

 I. xxxii., with article pam. "Vitiligo, 

 " blec," Gl. M.M. p. 154 b, 39, where 

 is added J^jiuj^'el, leprosy, the same as 

 Goth. J^rutsfill, Xfwpa. Similarly id. p. 

 164 b, 3, but blectb. 



2. Ink, encaustum, DD. 395. 



