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† ˈhalswort Obs. [f. halse n. + wort.] lit. Throatwort: a name app. given in OE. times to different plants, either having throat-like flowers, or supposed to cure maladies of the throat. Cockayne includes under it Campanula Trachelium, Throatwort; Bupleurum, Hare's-ear, Scilla autumnalis, Autumnal Squill; and Symphytum album, White Comfrey; others apply it to Orpine.
c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 158 Þysse wyrte wyrttruman ðe man halswyrt nemneð. c1000ælfric's Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 134/22 Auris leporis, halswyrt. a1387Sinon. Barthol. (Anecd. Oxon.) 23 Halsewort, i. crassula major. c1450Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 599/27 Orpina, orpyne vel halsewort. |