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单词 ælfþone
释义

ælfþone

Old English

Alternative forms

  • ielfþone

Etymology

From ælf (elf) + *-þone, so named because it was considered a remedy for ælfādl (elf disease).

The second element may be a cognate to þennan (to stretch), referring to the winding nature of the plant's stalk.

Noun

ælfþone f

  1. Nightshade, as ascribed to an elf.

References

  • Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), ælf-þone”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • ælf-þone”, in Dictionary of Old English Plant Names, edited by P. Bierbaumer, H. Sauer, et al., 2007–2022
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