† halswortn.
Obsolete.
literal. Throatwort: a name apparently given in Old English 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.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > names applied to various plants > [noun]
heatha700
beeworteOE
leversc725
springworteOE
clotec1000
halswortc1000
sengreenc1000
bottle?a1200
bird's-tonguea1300
bloodworta1300
faverolea1300
vetchc1300
pimpernel1378
oniona1398
bird's nest?a1425
adder's grassc1450
cockheada1500
ambrosia1525
fleawort1548
son before the father1552
crow-toe1562
basil1578
bird's-foot1578
bloodroot1578
throatwort1578
phalangium1608
yew1653
chalcedon1664
dittany1676
bleeding heart1691
felon-wort1706
hedgehog1712
land caltrops1727
old man's beard1731
loosestrife1760
Solomon's seal1760
fireweed1764
desert rose1792
star of Bethlehem1793
hen and chickens1794
Aaron's beard1820
felon-grass1824
arrowroot1835
snake-root1856
firebush1858
tick-seed1860
bird's eye1863
burning bush1866
rat-tail1871
lamb's earsa1876
lamb's tongue plant1882
tar-weed1884
Tom Thumb1886
parrotbeak1890
stinkweed1932
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > names applied to various plants or parts
boneworteOE
springworteOE
atterlothec1000
halswortc1000
bruisewortOE
motherworta1200
panax?a1200
bloodworta1300
serpentinea1400
tutsana1400
wartworta1400
wormseeda1400
grace of God?c1400
nailworta1425
Gratia Dei?c1425
sanguinaryc1440
panacea1522
parthenium1548
woundwort1548
wart-weed1573
cardiaca1578
hermodactyl1578
panacea1590
holy seed1597
whitlow-grass1597
feverwort1611
fever and ague root1676
rattlesnake root1682
snake-root1712
cancer root1714
fever-root1739
strongback1739
rheumatism root1835
heal-all1853
wound-weed1857
c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 158 Þysse wyrte wyrttruman ðe man halswyrt nemneð.
c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 134/22 Auris leporis, halswyrt.
a1400 J. Mirfield Sinonoma Bartholomei (1882) 23 Halsewort, i. crassula major.
c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 599/27 Orpina, orpyne vel halsewort.
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