(a) A plant, usu. Danewort or dwarf elder Sambucus ebulus; the name also applied to other plants: dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, chicory or endive, elecampane, hellebore, etc.;—usu. used medicinally……
(a) A foreigner, stranger; wale more [see wal-more n.]; wale note [see wal-not(e n.]; wale wort, q.v.;
(b) a slave, servant;
(c) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.242-4].
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