Obs. [App. a corrupt form of OE. éalifer (? f. éa river + LIVER), a plant used as a remedy for liver disease and lumbago; ? Water Liverwort (Ranunculus aquatilis).] Some plant; in Gerard’s ‘List of names gathered out of antient written and printed copies’ identified with Alliaria (i.e., Sauce-alone, A. officinalis).
[c. 1000. Sax. Leechd., II. 64. Ealifer hatte wyrt.]
1597. Gerard, Herbal, App. to Table.
1847. in Halliwell.
1878. in Britten & Holland.
