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396 GLOSSARY.
)>une, gen. -an, horehnund, marnihiiiiii
miJfjare. Lb. I. iii. 11., etc.
)^uni;i;tea]i, gen. -es, masc, destillatkm
from the comb, -without squeezing, virgin
honey, mel purissimum, e favo sponte
quod effluxit. " Mell stillativum," Lb. I.
ii. 1. " Nectareum, hunij;-eapenne," Gl.
Prud. p. 140 b.
" Nectaris, hunisreajiej-,"
Gl. Mone, p. 384 b, 4. '* Favuni nectaris,
" huni5 camb teajic)-," Regularis Concordia.
)>]ieo]i]a, masc, a udiorl, verficillus. Lb.
IIL vi.
)>]icppe, fern. gen. -an Lb. Iii. 1, is a
" great wort;" the radical syllable implies
roundness, as in )>pe]i, a kettle, )>j'e)ij'crte
(a gourd, a calabash, and then)
a cucumber. See Hb. xxii. Is it then
tlie bulb, colchicum autumiiale
]>]no]i)ban, ncut.,/inee cap, patella.
In the
Lorica, Vol. I. Ixxi., the gloss of poples,
which is an error. See peoh hpeojiya.
IJj'iccubu, -cjieobu, gen. hjucej* eyibuey,
inaatich, the gum of the pistacia lentiscus.
So the GU. Lb. II. iii., Gl. Dun., etc.
\/ )>]'icin5, whitintj, chalk and size. Lb. III.
xxxix.
Ijit;, ueut., gen. -c)-, ivy; hcdcra helix is
the only species native to England; ncut.,
I>b. III. XXX.
Graff also marks the ohg.
Ebah, iuy, neuter. Ipef, gen. Lb. I.
ii. 10 ; I. iii. 7, etc.
Ipj^rapo, masc, gen. -an, ivy tar.
Lb. III.
xxvi. ; masc, Cf. Lb. III. xxxi. " It is
" produced from the Body of the larger
" Ivy, being cut or wounded, and some-
" times dropping forth of it self." Salmons
English Physician, 1693, p. 991.
" Oleum cyfmum (i-ead Kiffaivov) idem
" de bagis (read baccis) hederac confi-
" citur sic. Sumis in ianuario mense
" cum ceperunt hedcrtC grana cresccre,
" etc." MS. Harl. 4890, fol. 70 a.
Innojapan, pi. viscera. Lb. II. xxxvi.
Iu]'i|-an, pi., Jlavouring, condinientum, Lb.
II. vi., from jni^an, herbs.
L.
LcCCC'pyiit, 1. generally a herb of healing,
herba mcdicinalis, M.II. 137 a.
2. Campions, or ragged rohin, or
one of that kindred, lib. cxxxiii. ; but,
I fear, only from the syllables Ljcc- and
Lych-.
3. Plantago lanceolata, " iBCcejiyjir,
" qiiinqucnervia," Gl. Cleop. fol. 83 a.
Gl. M.M. Liikeblad, plantago maior, in
West Gothland (Nemnich). The plaintain
was famed for healing power.
Lb. I. xxxii. 3.
Legs, a letting, missio. Lb. III. cont. xlvii.
fern. Cf. H bloblffise, Lb. IL xxiii. ;
bloblccspu, Beda, 616, 12, on 'Sa;pe blob-
Itcsjie, 016, 5.
Lambe)- ca!)i)-e, gen. -an, is said, Lb. Li. 17.
to be the same as Cress.
Lai'eji, labep, laver, Hb. cxxxvi., is called
Slum by Lyte also ; the botanists now
call sium water parsnep, and the eaten
laver, porphyra laciniata. Laver is a
Latin word.
Leac, gen. -es, neut. 1. Originally a wort,
herba, olus, whence are derived leaccei!|-e,
leacrun,
" hortus olitorius," leacpcjib, a
gardener. Houseleek and holleac are
not alliaceous. Aarons leek is arum
maculatum, Gl. Sloane, 5.
2. A leek, allium porrum. Lb. II. xxxii.
vol. I. p. 376, where I cannot now find
a verification for the masculine gender,
iinlcss by resorting to the old Dansk,
Laukr, masc. pej-, in jE.G. is a misprint.
Ejiabcleac, probably leek, Allium porrum,
from the breadth of its leaves. Lb.
II. Ii. 1. Lacn. 12.