† lemken.
Obsolete.
(See brooklime n.)
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lemkea1300
God's eye?a1350
waterlink?a1425
brooklimea1450
fluellin1548
Paul's betony1548
wood-penny1570
water pimpernel1575
ground-hele1578
speedwell1578
wild germander1578
germander chickweed1597
leper's herb1600
lime-wort1666
water purpy1683
water-speedwell1690
beccabunga1706
rock speedwell1719
Welsh speedwell1731
germander speedwell1732
St. Paul's betony1736
vernal speedwell1796
wall speedwell1796
cat's-eye1817
wellink1826
skull-cap1846
forget-me-not1853
veronica1855
angels' eyes1862
horse-cress1879
faverel1884
St. Paul's betony1884
a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 556/13 Fauida, i. fauede, i. leomeke.
c1450 Middle Eng. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 85 Take groundeswele, lemke, chiken mete.
c1450 Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 61/2 Fabaria aquatica, angl...lempke.
c1450 Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 86/2 Iposmia..lemeke uel lemoke.
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