mucgwyrt

Old English

Alternative forms

• mugwyrt, mugcwyrt

Etymology

Likely from mycg (“midge”) +‎ wyrt (“wort, a plant”).

Noun

mucgwyrt ?

1. mugwort

Descendants

• Middle English: mugwort, mugwyrt, mucgwurt
  • English: mugwort
  • Scots: muggart
    • ⇒ Scots: muggins

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “mucg-wyrt”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.