Where does meadwort come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

meadwort

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Obsolete; Uncountable

"The metall first he mixt with Medæwart, / That no enchauntment from his dint might saue; / That it in flames of Aetna wrought apart, / And seuen times dipped in the bitter waue / Of hellish Styx, which hidden vertue to it gaue."

From Middle English medewort, from Old English medewyrt, medowyrt, corresponding to mead + wort. Cognate with Norwegian mjødurt, Danish mjødurt.

medæwart (alternative)

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