History

This dictionary is based on the three volume work of Peter Bierbaumer Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. While the details on the plant name research can be found in our database, all additional material from the books is listed below: introductions, appendices, summaries. Much of the information given in the pdf-files below can be found in the the online dictionary in an updated form: list of Latin plant names, literature, frequency of occurrence of lemmata in glosses, etc.

Bierbaumer, Peter. Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. I. Teil: Das Laeceboc. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie. 1. Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 1975.

• Preface; preamble; table of contents; introduction
• Comparison of occurrences provided by Leonhardi with MS C. and listing of chapters; index of botanical names and the Old English correspondents; bibliography for vol. 1; summary

Bierbaumer, Peter. Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. II. Teil: Lacnunga, Herbarium Apuleii, Peri Didaxeon. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie. 2. Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 1976.

• Preamble; table of contents; introduction
• Non Old English botanical vocabulary in Lacnunga, Herbarium Apuleii, Peri Didaxeon.; Comparison of occurrences provided by Grattan/Singer with MS C.; structure of Herbarum Apuleii with page and line nubers of Cockayne’s edition; Comparison of occurrences provided by Löweneck with MS C.; index of botanical names and the Old English correspondents; index of botanical terms not denoting plants or plant species; bibliography for vol. 2; summary

Bierbaumer, Peter. Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. III. Teil: Der botanische Wortschatz in altenglischen Glossen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie. 3. Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 1979.

• Preamble; table of contents; introduction
• Frequency of occurrence of lemmata in glosses; relationship of bigger glossaries; index of Latin lemmata; index of botanical names and the Old English correspondents; bibliography for vol. 3; summary