Also 1 nædderwyrt. The herb Bistort or Snakeweed (Polygonum Bistorta).
c. 1000. Saxon Leechd., I. 96. Ðeos wyrt þe man … nædderwyrt nemneð, bið cenned on wætere, & on æcerum.
1617. Minsheu, Ductor. This hearbe hath his root crooked and winding vp, as a snake when he lieth wound vp, and therefore it is called Adderwort.
