Also,
whortle [hwur-tl, wur-] /ˈʰwɜr tl, ˈwɜr-/ (Show IPA), wort.
Origin
1570-80; dialectal variant of
Middle English hurte, Old English horte whortleberry British Dictionary definitions for whort
noun 1. (
Southern English,
dialect)
another name for whortleberry