beewortn.

Brit.

/ˈbiːwəːt/, U.S.

/ˈbiˌwərt/,

/ˈbiˌwɔrt/

Forms: early Old English biouuyrt, early Old English biowyrt, early Old English buuyrt, Old English beovyrt, Old English beowirt, Old English–early Middle English beowyrt, early Middle English beowurt, Middle English beowort, Middle English beoworte, Middle English beuurt, Middle English bewert, Middle English bewort, Middle English beworth, Middle English bewrt, 1500s– beewort.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old High German bīwurz plant attractive to bees, especially white dead-nettle, water mint (Middle High German bīwurz ) < the Germanic base of bee n.¹ + the Germanic base of wort n.¹; compare also Old Saxon biniwurt , Old High German biniwurz , both in the sense ‘thyme, common balm’ (for the first element see discussion at bee n.¹). Compare the similarly motivated classical Latin apiastrum, denoting any of several varieties of balm.

Now rare (chiefly U.S. in later use).

Originally: any of several plants attractive to bees, spec. balm, Melissa officinalis (now historical). In later use: the plant sweet flag, Acorus calamus.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > names applied to various plants > [noun]

heatha700

beeworteOE

leversc725

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sengreenc1000

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bloodworta1300

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vetchc1300

pimpernel1378

oniona1398

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fireweed1764

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Tom Thumb1886

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > sweet flag

beeworteOE

sweet calamusa1398

acorus?a1425

acorum1601

sweet rush1607

sweet cane1611

sweet smelling flag1640

sweet flag1790

myrtle flag1796

myrtle grass1796

flag-root1851

myrtle sedge1857

sweet sedge1857

eOE Épinal Gloss. (1974) 4 Apiastrum, biouuyrt [eOE Erfurt Gloss. buuyrt, eOE Corpus Gloss. biowyrt].

OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) vii. 50 Ðeos wyrt þe man on Leden ueneriam & on ure geþeode beowyrt nemneð, heo bið cenned on beganum stowum & on wyrtbeddum & on mædum.

lOE Durham Plant Gloss. 9 Apiastrum, beo-vyrt.

c1225 Worcester Glosses to Old Eng. Herbarium in Anglia (1928) 52 19 [Ueneria] beowurt.

a1400 Alphita (Selden) (1887) 115 Mellissa, apiasia..Herba est pigmentaria, anglice bonrefair..uel beuurt [?a1425 Sloane 284 bewert] uel beruurt.

a1500 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 28 [Apiastrum] piment, beowort.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 182 Annoynting your handes with the iuyce of Balme, or Beewort, that they [sc. the bees] may abide you, thrust in your fingers softly amongst them, & shedding y^e Bees, searche well, till you haue found the ringleader of the dissention, whom you must take away.

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Baulm, a certain Herb called Beewort.

1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i Abejéra, the Herb call'd Balm, Gentle, or Beewort.

1865 T. O. Cockayne Leechdoms, Wortcunning & Starcraft II. 372 The wort [sc. Acorus calamus] will induce an unsettled swarm of bees to reconcile themselves to an offered hive; hence, it was reasonably called beewort.

1884 H. N. Ellacombe Plant-lore Shakespeare (ed. 2) 266 This Rush (Acorus calamus) is a British plant, with broad leaves, which have a strong cinnamon-like smell, which obtained for the plant the old Saxon name of Beewort.

1947 E. H. Hausman Illustr. Encycl. Amer. Wild Flowers 13 Beewort, see Sweet Flag in Arum Family.

1980 N. Coon Using Wild & Wayside Plants (new ed.) xi. 208 In addition to the name of Sweet Flag, this plant is known by such titles as Myrtle Sedge, Myrtle Grass, Sedge Grass, and Beewort.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	beewort
释义	beewortn. Brit. /ˈbiːwəːt/, U.S. /ˈbiˌwərt/, /ˈbiˌwɔrt/ Forms: early Old English biouuyrt, early Old English biowyrt, early Old English buuyrt, Old English beovyrt, Old English beowirt, Old English–early Middle English beowyrt, early Middle English beowurt, Middle English beowort, Middle English beoworte, Middle English beuurt, Middle English bewert, Middle English bewort, Middle English beworth, Middle English bewrt, 1500s– beewort. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old High German bīwurz plant attractive to bees, especially white dead-nettle, water mint (Middle High German bīwurz ) < the Germanic base of bee n.¹ + the Germanic base of wort n.¹; compare also Old Saxon biniwurt , Old High German biniwurz , both in the sense ‘thyme, common balm’ (for the first element see discussion at bee n.¹). Compare the similarly motivated classical Latin apiastrum, denoting any of several varieties of balm. Now rare (chiefly U.S. in later use). Originally: any of several plants attractive to bees, spec. balm, Melissa officinalis (now historical). In later use: the plant sweet flag, Acorus calamus. ΘΚΠ 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 > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > sweet flag beeworteOE sweet calamusa1398 acorus?a1425 acorum1601 sweet rush1607 sweet cane1611 sweet smelling flag1640 sweet flag1790 myrtle flag1796 myrtle grass1796 flag-root1851 myrtle sedge1857 sweet sedge1857 eOE Épinal Gloss. (1974) 4 Apiastrum, biouuyrt [eOE Erfurt Gloss. buuyrt, eOE Corpus Gloss. biowyrt]. OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) vii. 50 Ðeos wyrt þe man on Leden ueneriam & on ure geþeode beowyrt nemneð, heo bið cenned on beganum stowum & on wyrtbeddum & on mædum. lOE Durham Plant Gloss. 9 Apiastrum, beo-vyrt. c1225 Worcester Glosses to Old Eng. Herbarium in Anglia (1928) 52 19 [Ueneria] beowurt. a1400 Alphita (Selden) (1887) 115 Mellissa, apiasia..Herba est pigmentaria, anglice bonrefair..uel beuurt [?a1425 Sloane 284 bewert] uel beruurt. a1500 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 28 [Apiastrum] piment, beowort. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 182 Annoynting your handes with the iuyce of Balme, or Beewort, that they [sc. the bees] may abide you, thrust in your fingers softly amongst them, & shedding y^e Bees, searche well, till you haue found the ringleader of the dissention, whom you must take away. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Baulm, a certain Herb called Beewort. 1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i Abejéra, the Herb call'd Balm, Gentle, or Beewort. 1865 T. O. Cockayne Leechdoms, Wortcunning & Starcraft II. 372 The wort [sc. Acorus calamus] will induce an unsettled swarm of bees to reconcile themselves to an offered hive; hence, it was reasonably called beewort. 1884 H. N. Ellacombe Plant-lore Shakespeare (ed. 2) 266 This Rush (Acorus calamus) is a British plant, with broad leaves, which have a strong cinnamon-like smell, which obtained for the plant the old Saxon name of Beewort. 1947 E. H. Hausman Illustr. Encycl. Amer. Wild Flowers 13 Beewort, see Sweet Flag in Arum Family. 1980 N. Coon Using Wild & Wayside Plants (new ed.) xi. 208 In addition to the name of Sweet Flag, this plant is known by such titles as Myrtle Sedge, Myrtle Grass, Sedge Grass, and Beewort. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.eOE
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