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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bunwed(e, n. Also: bun-, bwnwyd. [Eng. dial. bun(d)weed, ragwort, scabious, etc. See also Benwod.] Ragwort; a stalk of this. c1450-2 Howlat 778.
The ja, as a juglour, … couth cary the cowpe of the kingis des, Syne leve in the sted Bot a blak bunwed c1420 Ratis R. 1134.
To mak a wicht hors of a wand, … A bunwed tyll a burly spere a1605 Montg. Flyt. 270 (T).
Sum buklit on ane bwnwyd Ib. 284.
Ane beist bund with ane bunwyd 1650 Lanark Presb. 77.
Marion Hunter … declaired … that she was in Gallowberriehill, and rode vpon a bunwede