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hermodactylus

hermodactylus [ἑρμοδάκτυλος] , (?) colchicum, autumn crocus. fel terre vel centaurium ‥ hermodactula [gl.: titolose] vel tidulosa Ælf. Bata 6. p. 99; succi ‥ ermodatilorum M. Scot Lumen 252 (v. asphodelus); si supra ‥ craneum caro superflua excreverit, reparatum cum hermodactil’ corrosione secure curetur Gilb. II 87v. 1; purgantia flegma subtile sunt agaricus ‥ hermodactili Gad. 15. 1; 13‥ hermodactil’ [gl. (15c): i. ferens flores similes croci (sic); (16c): colchicos], crowlyke Herb. Harl. 3388 f. 80v; centum, hermodactilis, affodillus idem Alph. 37; 1534 armadactulos Rec. Nott. III 192.

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