† greatwortn.

Forms: Old English greate wyrt, late Old English greate vyrt, early Middle English gete wurt (transmission error), early Middle English greatwurt, early Middle English gretwurt, Middle English grotwort (perhaps transmission error).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: great adj., wort n.¹

Etymology: < great adj. + wort n.¹ In sense 1 probably so called on account of its bulbous corm; in sense 2 so called on account of its large size.In Old English the first element is usually treated as a normal adjective inflected for case and number.

Obsolete.

1. Probably: meadow saffron, Colchicum autumnale.

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eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) ii. 52. 268 To spiwdrence, vi corn alwan, xxx lybcorna & þa greatan wyrt nioþowearde.

OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) xxii. 68 Ðeos wyrt þe man hieribulbum & oðrum naman greate wyrt nemneþ, heo biþ cenned abutan heogan & on fulum stowum.

a1200 ( Laud Plant Gloss. 42 Geribulbum, g [r] etewurt, warance.

c1225 Worcester Glosses to Old Eng. Herbarium in Anglia (1928) 52 20 [Greatewyrt, hieribulbis] Greatwurt.

2. Elecampane, Inula helenium.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > elecampane

horsehealc1000

spearwortc1000

greatworta1300

scabwortc1450

elecampane1541

horse-elder1597

helenium1608

inula1822

dahlin1826

a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 554/12 (MED) Elna enula, i. ialne, i. gretwurt.

a1400 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 105 [Elena] alne, grotwort.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	greatwort
释义	† greatwortn. Forms: Old English greate wyrt, late Old English greate vyrt, early Middle English gete wurt (transmission error), early Middle English greatwurt, early Middle English gretwurt, Middle English grotwort (perhaps transmission error). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: great adj., wort n.¹ Etymology: < great adj. + wort n.¹ In sense 1 probably so called on account of its bulbous corm; in sense 2 so called on account of its large size.In Old English the first element is usually treated as a normal adjective inflected for case and number. Obsolete. 1. Probably: meadow saffron, Colchicum autumnale. ΚΠ eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) ii. 52. 268 To spiwdrence, vi corn alwan, xxx lybcorna & þa greatan wyrt nioþowearde. OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) xxii. 68 Ðeos wyrt þe man hieribulbum & oðrum naman greate wyrt nemneþ, heo biþ cenned abutan heogan & on fulum stowum. a1200 ( Laud Plant Gloss. 42 Geribulbum, g [r] etewurt, warance. c1225 Worcester Glosses to Old Eng. Herbarium in Anglia (1928) 52 20 [Greatewyrt, hieribulbis] Greatwurt. 2. Elecampane, Inula helenium. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > elecampane horsehealc1000 spearwortc1000 greatworta1300 scabwortc1450 elecampane1541 horse-elder1597 helenium1608 inula1822 dahlin1826 a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 554/12 (MED) Elna enula, i. ialne, i. gretwurt. a1400 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 105 [Elena] alne, grotwort. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.eOE
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