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Danewort   Listen
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Danewort  n.  (Bot.) A fetid European species of elder (Sambucus Ebulus); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort; called also Daneweed, Dane's weed, and Dane's-blood. Note: (Said to grow on spots where battles were fought against the Danes.)





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... in Malvern Chase that Mary of Eldersfield (1454), "whom some called a witch," famous for her knowledge of herbs and medicaments, "descending the hill from her hut, with a small phial of oil, and a bunch of the 'Danewort,' speedily enabled Lord Edward of March, who had just then heavily sprained his knee, to avoid danger by mounting 'Roan Roland' freed from pain, as it were by magic, through the ...
— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie


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