foxes glofa

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Old English

Etymology

From fox +‎ glōf.

Noun

foxes glōfa m

  1. foxglove
    • c. 9th century, Bald's Leechbook, published in Leechdoms, wortcunning, and starcraft of early England. Being a collection of documents, for the most part never before printed, illustrating the history of science in this country before the Norman conquest (1865, London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green), edited and with translations by Oswald Cockayne, volume I, page 266
      Wið oman, ġenim þysse wyrte lēaf þe man [s]trycnos manicos ⁊ oðrum naman foxes glōfa nemneþ...
      For inflammatory sores, take leaves of this plant, known as στρύχνος μανικός, also named with another name "foxglove"...

Inflection

Descendants

  • Middle English: foxesglove, foxglove

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