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mold 1 



mor, mur, mulberry : L. morus. 



mug, ? worm, insect, miclge. 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. 



per, leek : L. porrum. 



saB, sea. 



sin, entirely, always, in sinfulle always full, 

 singrene always green, sinwealt completely 

 round, spherical. Two of these are in 

 German, gingrun and gintrell. "We recog- 

 nise it also in ' sundew,' which meant not 

 Pvos 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. seiiex. See Curtius, epos. 



slep, sleep. 



smert, pain, pangs, travail. 



spere, spear. 



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