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J7y]im
cont.
In Cod. Exon. p. 427, 24, it is said to be
" delved," whence the translation " earth
" worm " seemed justified.
Smoesapypm, see letter S.
Deappypm, dew worm, in Lb. I. 1.,
infests the feet.
Een5py)im, Ren-, ringed uiorm, a kind
of belly worm.
Alex. Trallianus divides
the worms which infest the human body
into three, of which this is one.
TlpSnoy
Tolvvv rifias elSevai 8e7, ws rpirrdv elpriKa-
(Tiv oi ira\a.w\ T(hv kKjxivOoiv elSos, fv jxkv
TO ixiKpov irdvv KoX Xiirrdv, 'o KaXelv
tlwOaffLv aaicdpiSas, Sevnpov 5e tovtuv
(TTpuyyvAov,] koI rp'nov aWo tc» tw>'
K\aTf:Lwv. Ed. Ideler, p. 315. To the
same effect M. Psellus in the same
vol. p. 241. The moderns have more
sorts. Hb. Ixv. See Lb. I. xlviii. xlix.
They seem to derive their name from
the rings of some of them. An earthworm
is Anseltjncce.
pypmpyjic, ivormwort, Seduni album or
villosum. Wilde Prick madame. (Lyte)
Lb. I. xxxix. ; L Ivii. ; HI. ii. 6.
Chenopodium anthelminticum is American.
J7y]ip, gen. -e, fem., recovery, valetudo in
melius conversa. Lb. I. iv, 5. Nu ijj^ffifc
bsejin cymen apsecneb to pyppe
]>eopcum ebpea, C.E. 5, line 8, noiv is
ihitt bairn come, raised up for the recovery
of the Hebrewsfrom their miseries. The
passage is congratulatory. C.E. 336,
line 5.
J7y]itun5, fem., gen. -e, a preparation of
worts. Quad. iv. 5.
]7itmBe]iep pypc, j^ihcmasjiep pypt, " Wlht-
" mars wort." Lb. I, ii. 13. " Britta-
" nica Vihtmeres vyrt vel heaven hin-
" dele," Gl. Dun. It may therefore be
spoonwort, scurvy grass, Cochleariu
Amjlica.
See ]>8epen hybele.
^I'Se- p'l'SojJinbe, gen. -an, fem. , withywind,
convolvidus, both Conv. sepium and
arvensis. Lb. I. ii. 20; I. vi. 7; I. xlix.
J7i'Sis, masc, gen. juSiep, a withy, a willow,
salix. Lb. I. Ixxiv. JEG. 13, line .'54.
fonpceajra and ^a ponpceajran, Lb. II.
xxxviii. and contents, may be taken either
as lividness or meagreness. The passage
of Philagrios, does not exhibit the word.
j/jiaetcc, gen. -ep, crosswort, galitim cruciatum.
Lb. III. i., viii. Lacn. 12,29. Warantia
j'pet, gl. Leechd. vol. I. p. 376.
" Vermiculum . i . parance . i . protte,"
Gl. Ilarl. 978, with " cruciata maior
" warence," Gl. M, The Galium tribe
were often called by names which mark
their relationship to the Madder, thus
Vermiculus, properly the cochineal insect
used to get a red dye, transfers its name
to Madder, Kubia tinctorum, and Madder
gives its appellations to the Galiunis
its relatives. " Cruciata maior . i .
" warence . anglice madir," Gl. Harl.
3388.
pububenb, -bmb, gen. -es, masc. ,
woodbind.
Hb. clxxii.; Lb. I. ii. 21 ; IIL ii. 1
III. xxxi., convolvulus, from the leaves of
the drawing, the likeness to the caper
plant, and modern usage ; which, besides
convolvulus, applies the name also to tlie
honeysuckle.
p'ubu cejiuiUe, wood chervil, cow parsley,
Anthriscus silvestris.
Ce]iuille being an
English adaptation of Cerefolium, Xaipi-
(pvKKov (Columella), and ]iubu being
taken in the sense of our wild, we ascertain
at once, that we have here the
Chairophyllum silvestre, which Koch
and Hooker now name Anthriscus silv.
Ncmnich agrees, and Lytes description.
In lib. Ixxxvi. wood chervil is made to
be Asparagus agrestis, and the drawings
in MSS. v., T., A. have clearly the
characteristics
of Asparagus officinalis.
If our Saxon interpreter held his opinion
with deliberation, he differs from the
rest of our English world. Asparagus
in MS. Bodl. 130, is drawn like the
mature plant.
J7ubu lecfcjuc, masc, wood lettuce, ivild
sleepwort, Lactuca scariola is lib. xxxi.