Æppellēaf

Æppellēaf (Viola odorata) is cynn þæs cnōsles Viola þe is inlende tō Europe and Asian, ac ƿæs ēac ingebrōht in Norþamerican.  Hit is ēac Geardæppellēaf gehāten.

Viola odorata is sƿīðe gelīc ōðrum cynnum Viola, ac man cann gescēadan mid þǣm folgendum tācnum:
 þā blōstman habbaþ sƿōtne sƿice,
 þā blōstman sind gemǣne hƿæðer sƿearthǣƿene oþþe hƿīte,
 þā lēaf and blōstman sind eall in rōsantrendle,
 þæt plantcƿiþ is hōced (and ne endaþ mid hƿirfledum liðe),
 þā lēafstelan habbaþ hǣr þe niðer gebēacniaþ, and
 sēo plante sprǣdeþ mid forþiernendum ōƿæstmum.

Þæt æppellēaf can bēon gefunden nēah þǣm ecgum ƿuda oþþe in hrydungum; hit is ēac gemǣne "ungelaðod giest" in sceadƿodum geardum oþþe elles hƿǣr in geƿyrttūnum. Þā blōstman īeƿaþ sƿā ǣr sƿā Solmōnaþ and bīdaþ oþ þǣm ende Ēastermōnþes.

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