† meadwortn.

Forms:

α. early Old English metuuyrt, Old English medewyrt, Old English medowyrt, Old English meodowyrt, late Old English meodevyrt, early Middle English medewvrð, Middle English medewourth, Middle English medwert, Middle English medwor (transmission error), Middle English medwourt, Middle English medwurt, Middle English–1500s medwort, Middle English–1500s 1700s medewort, 1500s medaewart, 1500s medewurt, 1500s medewurte, 1600s meedwort, 1700s meadwort; Scottish pre-1700 meduart, pre-1700 medward, pre-1700 medwart, pre-1700 medwort.

β. 1500s medow wurt, 1500s–1600s medowort.

γ. Middle English maydenworte, Middle English maydewort, Middle English modwort.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with Old High German metuwurz , Norwegian mjødurt , Old Swedish miödhyrt (Swedish regional mjödört ), Old Danish miothyrt (Danish mjødurt ) < the Germanic base of mead n.¹ + the Germanic base of wort n.¹P. Bierbaumer Der Botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen (1975) I. 103 suggests that the name may have arisen from the use of the flowers as an ingredient in drinks, and perhaps also from the sweet taste of the stalk. In Old English the word also occurs glossing Latin melissa and melleuna , probably in both cases by association of Latin mell- , mel honey (see mell n.²) with mead n.¹ The first element was probably in Middle English or early modern English confused with mead n.² (compare meadsweet n.), as suggested by re-formation after meadow n. in β. forms (compare meadowsweet n.); this may have been occasioned by the Latin name of the plant regina prati (compare also Anglo-Norman reyne de pré (15th cent.), French reine des prés (1655) and queen of the meadow n. at queen n. Phrases 1a). The γ. forms probably arose by confusion of the first element with various words for women: maid n.¹ in maydewort ; maiden n. in maydenworte ; mother n.¹ in modwort (compare motherwort n., another name for the same plant). This was perhaps occasioned by the above French and Latin names for meadowsweet, which was also known by the Latin names regina and reginela and in Anglo-Norman as reine , reyne (compare quots. a1300 at sense 1 and a1400³ at sense 1); compare also later bridewort n. at bride n.¹ Compounds 1b, another name for meadowsweet. The early Old English form metuuyrt (attested once in a gloss collection in a 9th-cent. continental manuscript) shows Old High German influence. The form mædwert in the following gloss has been interpreted as a possible transmission error for meduwort (see P. Bierbaumer Der Botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen (1975) I. 103):lOE Glosses to Herbarium of Pseudo-Apuleius (Ashm. 1431) in Anglia (1974) 92 279 Axica id est fresnele uel mædwert.

Obsolete.

1. = meadowsweet n. 1.In some early sources applied to other plants occurring in meadows, as lemon balm ( Melissa officinalis).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > rosaceous plants > [noun] > meadow-sweet or dropwort

meadworteOE

meadsweeta1400

bridewort?a1450

meadowsweet1530

filipendula1548

goat's beard?1550

dropwort1597

queen of the meadow1597

mock-willow1633

meadow queena1637

queen of the prairie1852

honey-sweet1880

eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) i. xxx. 70 Genime neoþowearde medowyrt & lustmocan, & acrinde.

OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 109 Melleuna, medewyrt.

a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 555/8 Regina, i reine, i medwurt.

a1400 J. Mirfield Sinonoma Bartholomei (1882) 29 Melissa,..medewort.

a1400 Alphita (Selden) (1887) 115 Mellissa,..medwor.

a1400 Alphita (Selden) (1887) 156 Reginela,..medewort.

?a1425 (a1400) Alphita (Sloane 284) (1887) 177 Scrophularia,..medwert.

?a1500 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 87 [Consolida Media] anglice whyt bothel vel medwort.

1523 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 58 [Burneta] anglice burnet or spignel or medewort.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 33 Than the scheiphyrdis vyuis..gadrit mony fragrant grene meduart.

1568 W. Turner Herbal iii. 8 Of Mede~wurt, or Medow wurt, or Medeswete... It groweth about watersydes.

a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 336 The fluir laid witht greine cherittis witht sprattis med~wartis and flouris.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. viii. sig. T5^v The metall first he mixt with Medæwart, That no enchauntment from his dint might saue.

1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 388 Medowort: Drinke the decoction or powder of it to stop the laske.

1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ Ulmaria..Meadsweet, or medewort [1783 meadwort], goat's beard.

2. More fully women's meadwort. Probably: winter cress, Barbarea vulgaris.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > leaf vegetables > cress

cressa700

town cresseOE

fen-cressc1000

well-cressOE

nasturtiumOE

watercressc1300

garth-cress?14..

watercress?a1450

women's meadwort?a1450

garden cressa1500

peppergrass?a1500

nosewort1563

nosesmart1589

water-rocket1605

nosewort1608

well grassa1646

cresson1657

water grass1708

tongue-grass1726

poor man's pepper1738

marsh-rocket1739

passerage1879

?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh.) (1950) 186 (MED) Nascorium gallicanum is an herbe þat men clepe freynsch cresse or wymmanys medewourth.

?a1500 in T. O. Cockayne Leechdoms, Wortcunning, & Starcraft (1961) II. 399 Nasturtium ortolan[um], medwort.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	meadwort
释义	† meadwortn. Forms: α. early Old English metuuyrt, Old English medewyrt, Old English medowyrt, Old English meodowyrt, late Old English meodevyrt, early Middle English medewvrð, Middle English medewourth, Middle English medwert, Middle English medwor (transmission error), Middle English medwourt, Middle English medwurt, Middle English–1500s medwort, Middle English–1500s 1700s medewort, 1500s medaewart, 1500s medewurt, 1500s medewurte, 1600s meedwort, 1700s meadwort; Scottish pre-1700 meduart, pre-1700 medward, pre-1700 medwart, pre-1700 medwort. β. 1500s medow wurt, 1500s–1600s medowort. γ. Middle English maydenworte, Middle English maydewort, Middle English modwort. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old High German metuwurz , Norwegian mjødurt , Old Swedish miödhyrt (Swedish regional mjödört ), Old Danish miothyrt (Danish mjødurt ) < the Germanic base of mead n.¹ + the Germanic base of wort n.¹P. Bierbaumer Der Botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen (1975) I. 103 suggests that the name may have arisen from the use of the flowers as an ingredient in drinks, and perhaps also from the sweet taste of the stalk. In Old English the word also occurs glossing Latin melissa and melleuna , probably in both cases by association of Latin mell- , mel honey (see mell n.²) with mead n.¹ The first element was probably in Middle English or early modern English confused with mead n.² (compare meadsweet n.), as suggested by re-formation after meadow n. in β. forms (compare meadowsweet n.); this may have been occasioned by the Latin name of the plant regina prati (compare also Anglo-Norman reyne de pré (15th cent.), French reine des prés (1655) and queen of the meadow n. at queen n. Phrases 1a). The γ. forms probably arose by confusion of the first element with various words for women: maid n.¹ in maydewort ; maiden n. in maydenworte ; mother n.¹ in modwort (compare motherwort n., another name for the same plant). This was perhaps occasioned by the above French and Latin names for meadowsweet, which was also known by the Latin names regina and reginela and in Anglo-Norman as reine , reyne (compare quots. a1300 at sense 1 and a1400³ at sense 1); compare also later bridewort n. at bride n.¹ Compounds 1b, another name for meadowsweet. The early Old English form metuuyrt (attested once in a gloss collection in a 9th-cent. continental manuscript) shows Old High German influence. The form mædwert in the following gloss has been interpreted as a possible transmission error for meduwort (see P. Bierbaumer Der Botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen (1975) I. 103):lOE Glosses to Herbarium of Pseudo-Apuleius (Ashm. 1431) in Anglia (1974) 92 279 Axica id est fresnele uel mædwert. Obsolete. 1. = meadowsweet n. 1.In some early sources applied to other plants occurring in meadows, as lemon balm ( Melissa officinalis). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > rosaceous plants > [noun] > meadow-sweet or dropwort meadworteOE meadsweeta1400 bridewort?a1450 meadowsweet1530 filipendula1548 goat's beard?1550 dropwort1597 queen of the meadow1597 mock-willow1633 meadow queena1637 queen of the prairie1852 honey-sweet1880 eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) i. xxx. 70 Genime neoþowearde medowyrt & lustmocan, & acrinde. OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 109 Melleuna, medewyrt. a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 555/8 Regina, i reine, i medwurt. a1400 J. Mirfield Sinonoma Bartholomei (1882) 29 Melissa,..medewort. a1400 Alphita (Selden) (1887) 115 Mellissa,..medwor. a1400 Alphita (Selden) (1887) 156 Reginela,..medewort. ?a1425 (a1400) Alphita (Sloane 284) (1887) 177 Scrophularia,..medwert. ?a1500 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 87 [Consolida Media] anglice whyt bothel vel medwort. 1523 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 58 [Burneta] anglice burnet or spignel or medewort. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 33 Than the scheiphyrdis vyuis..gadrit mony fragrant grene meduart. 1568 W. Turner Herbal iii. 8 Of Mede~wurt, or Medow wurt, or Medeswete... It groweth about watersydes. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 336 The fluir laid witht greine cherittis witht sprattis med~wartis and flouris. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. viii. sig. T5^v The metall first he mixt with Medæwart, That no enchauntment from his dint might saue. 1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 388 Medowort: Drinke the decoction or powder of it to stop the laske. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ Ulmaria..Meadsweet, or medewort [1783 meadwort], goat's beard. 2. More fully women's meadwort. Probably: winter cress, Barbarea vulgaris. 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