English

Alternative forms

• medæwart [16th c.]

Noun

meadwort ‎(uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Meadowsweet, a plant found near rivers or on damp ground.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.viii:

     The metall first he mixt with Medæwart, / That no enchauntment from his dint might saue; / That it in flames of Aetna wrought apart, / And seuen times dipped in the bitter waue / Of hellish Styx, which hidden vertue to it gaue.

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