Also 3 waiwurt, 5 weyewourth, 6 weywort. [f. WAY sb.1 + WORT. Cf. early mod.G. weg(e)wurz, synonym of G. weg(e)wart(e endive.] A name for † a. the saxifrage (obs. rare–1); b. the pimpernel.
c. 1265. Voc. Plants, in Wr.-Wülcker, 556/25. Saxifragium,… waiwurt.
a. 1400–50. Stockh. Med. MS., p. 194. Pympernol or selfhol or weyewourth or morecrop: ipia maior.
1597. Gerarde, Herbal, Suppl., Waywort is Pimpernell. Ibid., Weywort is Ipia maior.
1886. Britten & Holland, Plant-n., Way-wort. Anagallis arvensis.
