Dweorgedosle
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| Mentha pulegium L. |
Sēo wyrt Dweorgedosle (Mentha pulegium, Lamiaceae), is of þǣm mintan Cynn; þǣr is nīedlic ele genumen þǣrfram, þe man brȳcþ in ǣðmhǣlunge. Dweorgedosle hæfþ gewunne folclǣcecræft bryce tō fetienne misbyrdu, and is abortifacient.
Þæt ele brȳcþ man ēac swā flēanwiþdrīfunge for hūsdēorum. Þes ōðer bryce is se fruma þǣre plantan Lǣdenes naman, the flea being Pulex irritans. However the distantly related American Pennyroyal or Hedeoma pulegioides is se fruma of much of what is called Dweorgedoslanele.
The term Pennyroyal (or Pennyrile, from a substandard dialectical pronunciation) is also used to describe a geographic province of western Kentucky where the above-described herb grew in profusion sufficient to lend its name to the whole area.
