Middle English Dictionary Entry
knit-wort n.
Entry Info
| Forms | knit-wort n. |
| Etymology | From knitten & wort. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An herb good for mending broken bones; ?a variety of the type Symphytum other than Symphytum officinale, or comfrey.
Associated quotations
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)66/14 : Lappe þe playster a-boute and knytte a-boute and gif hym to drynke þe ius of knytte-wort twyes, and no more; for at þe þrydde tyme hit vn-k[n]yttyþ; bote ȝef hym to drynke eche day of ix dayes þe ius of comferie.