Obs. Also 5 lyt(h)wort. [OE. liðwyrt, f. lið LITH sb.1 + wyrt root, plant.] Dwarf elder, Sambucus Ebulus.
c. 1000. Sax. Leechd., I. 124. Ðeos wyrt þe man ostriago, & oðrum naman lyðwyrt nemneð.
a. 1100. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 299/2. Erifeon, liðwyrt, idem est ostriago.
c. 1265. Voc. Plants, ibid. 558/21. Ostragium, herbyue, liþewurt.
c. 1450. ME. Med. Bk. (Heinrich), 203. Jus of lyihwort. Ibid., 205. Tak lytwort, bresewort Rybwort.
