Middle English Dictionary Entry
mug-wort n.
Entry Info
| Forms | mug-wort n. Also muge-, mugge-, mog-, mugwourth, mughward & (early) mugwyrt, -wurt, -wrt, mucgwyrt, -wurt & (by confusion with maithe n.) maghewrt. |
| Etymology | OE mucg-wyrt, mug-. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Henry Daniel regards 'mugwort' as identical to (and a corrupt pronunciation of) 'moderwort' (see quot. c1400).
1.
(a) Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris; (b) wormwood Artemisia absinthium.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)65.1/1 : Ȝenim þa wirte þe man artemesiam & oðrum naman mugwyrt nenneð.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)p.138.4 : Nim mucgwyrte ȝebeatene.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)35/11 : Nim þanne..swearte mintan and mucgwurt and driȝe to duste.
- c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss.(Wor F.174)545/4 : Artemisia: mugwurt.
- c1225 Wor.Bod.Gloss.(Hat 76)19 : Mugwyrt, artemisia: mugwurt.
- a1300 Hrl.978 Vocab.(Hrl 978)554/3 : Artimesie: mugwrt, materherbarum.
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)13/39 : Archemesia, matricaria..mater herbarum idem. Tota herba utimur, gallice armoise, angl. mugwort uel mugwed.
- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f.35v : Modirwort: Lewed folk þat in manye wordes conne no ryȝt sownyng, but ofte shortyn wordes & changyn lettrys & silablys, þey coruptyn þe 'o' into 'u' & 'd' into 'g' & syncopyn, i. smytyn awey 'i' & 'r' & seyn 'mugwort.'
- c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)51 : Ermoyse auxci trouerez..Mugwort also ȝe shal fynd.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)47a : Arthemesia: Mogwort ys hote and drye.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)173b/a : R[ecipe] arthemesie, i. mogwort, scabiose, [etc.].
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)196a/b : Arthemesia: mugwort.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)347 : Mugworte [Win: Muge worte]: herbe, moder worte.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)57/32 : Þe jus of rewe, wodrofe, & mogwort, tempered with warme water.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)122/8,10 : Absinthium is..wyrmmod. þis herbe hath lewys lyke to mogwort..and..brauncheth as mugwort.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)124/10 : Arthemesia is an herbe þat men clepe Mugwourth; it is lik wyrmwod in lewys..and..flourreth..as doth þe wyrmwod.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)80/6 : Take mugwort-jous and medle it with oyle.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)102/4 : Take muggeworte and stampe it wyth olde grees.
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking in Studia Neoph.16 (Hrl 2340)18 : For the fevere..yeue hym the ius of mogworte onys or twyes.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)79b/a : Arthemesiam, i. mugwort.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)83a : Mughwarde: Artemesia.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)711/25 : Hec artemesia: mugwortt.
b
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)41/14 : Crispula habet minuta folia et alta, ut absinthium, ang. maghewrt.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1300 Add.15236 Gloss.(1) (Add 15236)108/5 : Artemesia, mater herbarum: gallice, armoyse; anglice, moderwort vel mogwor.
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