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Brassica_rapa_l

smeru-wyrt

noun, f., i-decl., 20 occ.

Type: plant

Last Update: 25.06.2014 21:27

Old-English: smeorevyrt, smeorewirt, smeoruwyrt, smerevyrt, smerewurt, smerewyrt, smerewyrt, smerovyrt, smerowyrt, smerowyrt, smeruuuyrt, smeruwyrt,

Latin (Machine generated): ABSINUATICA, ARISTOLOCHIA, ARISTOLOGIA, ARISTOLOGIAE, DE ARISTOLOGIA, FEBRIFUGIA, NAM SILUATICA, UENERIA, UNCTEOLAM, [].M SILUATICA,

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Reference Last Update: 22.11.2022 04:28

Meanings Last Update: 25.06.2014 21:27

  • A: plant: foreign Clapham (cf. 1962,534): A. clematis, introduced; A. rotunda, rarely naturalised.
    Aristolochia L., birthwort, a species of ~, Osterluzei, eine Art von ~
  • B: plant: introduced Clapham (1962,124): "Probably introduced. Common throughout Great Britain and Ireland."
    ? Brassica rapa var. silvestris (Lam.), turnip, Rübenkohl
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Comments Last Update: 23.08.2011 10:07

  • Comment on (A): Aristolochia L., birthwort, a species of ~, Osterluzei, eine Art von ~

    This interpretation is based on HA: þeos wyrt þe man aristolochiam 7 oþrum naman smerowyrt nemneþ (Cockayne 1961,I,114); also cf. Hunger (1935,167): XX: ASTROLOGIA = A. rotunda and D'Aronco (1998,50): A. clematis L., A. longa L. Also cf. Laud 153 (ARISTOLOGIA.I. smerewyrt) and the respective note. According to Britten / Holland (1886,437) the name 'fat-wort, Fettwurz' has to be seen "in allusion to its use in ointments." Cockayne (1962,II,406) also suggests Mercurialis L. (several native species), mercury, Bingelkraut based on (Middle English) gloss evidence; and Pinguicula vulgaris L. (native), bog violet / butterwort, Gewöhnliches Butterkraut the identification of which he bases on the plant's habitus (i.e. the greasy sap covering the leaves, cf. Prior 1879,34).

  • Comment on (B): ? Brassica rapa var. silvestris (Lam.), turnip, Rübenkohl

    OE smeruwyrt not only glosses ARISTOLOCHIA but also L UENERIA (Ep, cf. Pheifer, Nr. 1078; DP, Nr.331), ABSINUATICA (Dur, 3), FEBRIFUGIA (Dur,166), UNCTEOLA (Manitius, S.432), nam SILUATICA (WW 457/16). According to Pheiffer (1974,134 and n. 1078) smeruwyrt is erroneously associated with the L lemma which in the parallel gloss is associated with speruuuyrt (cf. Erf. 1078). According to Lindheim the lemma ABSINUATICA is a corrupted Gk. ἀψινθάτιον, which can easily be corrected to nap SILUATICA which then would be analogue to (the again erroneous gloss) WW 457/16: Nam SILUATICA smerowyrt. The writing error in this gloss can easily be seen when compared to WW 135/12: Nap SILUATICE, spere wyrt UEL wilde næp: here sperewyrt erroneously replaces smerewyrt. Wilde nǣp (cf. →nǣp), Brassica napus L.) seems to denote B. rapa; the name smerewyrt 'fat-wort, Fettwurz' is appropriate because its seeds are used for oil production (cf. Marzell 2000,I,658); also cf. the G popular names of the related B. napus 'Schmalzrübe, Speckrübe' (Marzell 2000,I,638).

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Occurrences Last Update: 23.08.2011 10:38

  • Br,WW, 296,18 ARISTOLOGIA smerewyrt
  • C 36, Gough S.276 ARISTOLOGIAE smerewyrt
  • C 71.2, Meritt 73a, 2 UNCTEOLAM[1] QUE ANGLICE DICITUR smerewyrt
  • C 84, Gough S.286 und Bierbaumer 1977, S.119 DE ARISTOLOGIA smeorewirt
  • ClSt, N 206 NAM SILUATICA[2] smerowyrt
  • Cp, 2130(U 98) UENERIA[3] smeoruwyrt
  • D 11, f.11v, col.1, Rosier [].M SILUATICA[4] smerowyrt
  • D 11, Junius 77, S.206 ARISTOLOCHIA smerewyrt
  • Dur, 166[5] FEBRIFUGIA smerovyrt
  • Dur, 3 ABSINUATICA[6] smeorevyrt
  • Dur, 331 UENERIA[7] smerovyrt
  • Dur, 42 ARISTOLOCHIA smerevyrt
  • Erf, 1078[8] UENERIA smeruuuyrt
  • HA, XX, 114/11 asg þe man ARISTOLOCHIAM 7 oþrum nam smerowyrt nemneþ
  • HA, XX, 114/9 nsg Smerowyrt
  • HA, XX, 14/8 nsg ARISTOLOCHIA. ƀ ys smerowyrt
  • Laud, 1499 UENERIA[9] edre UEL smerewurt
  • Laud, 153 ARISTOLOGIA smerewyrt
  • LB, 103/23 asg smeruwyrt
  • LB, 21/6 asg smeruwyrt
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Image Last Update: 25.06.2014 21:27

Aristolochia L., birthwort, a species of ~, Osterluzei, eine Art von ~
Brassica_rapa_l
Thomé, Otto Wilhelm. Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. In 4 Mappen ; 531 Tafeln in naturgetreuen Farben mit 668 Pflanzenarten. Leipzip: Teubner, 1938.

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Research Literature

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BW II: Bierbaumer, Peter. Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 2. Bern, Frankfurt am Main, München: Lang, 1976.
BW III: Bierbaumer, Peter. Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 3. Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Las Vegas: Lang, 1979.
ClSt: Stryker, William Garlington. The Latin-Old English Glossary in MS Cotton Cleopatra A III. Unpubl. diss. Stanford Univ.: 1952.
Cp: Hessels, John Henry. An Eighth-Century Latin Anglo-Saxon Glossary. Cambridge: Univ. Press, 1890.
Cp: Lindsay, Wallace Martin. The Corpus Glossary. Cambridge: Univ. Press, 1921.
Cp: Wynn, J. B. An Edition of the Anglo-Saxon Corpus Glosses. Unpubl. Diss. Oxford: 1961.
Dur: Lindheim, B. von. Das Durhamer Pflanzenglossar. Beiträge zur englischen Philologie. 35. Bochum-Langendreer: Pöppinghaus, 1941.
HA: Cockayne, Oswald Thomas (ed.). "Herbarium Apuleii Platonici." In: Leechdoms, Wortcunning and Starcraft of Early England. Being a Collection of Documents, for the Most Part never before Printed, Illustrating the History of Sience in this Country before the Norman Conquest. Vol. 1. Rev. Ed. by Charles Singer. London: Holland Press, 1961. 1-325.
Laud: Stracke, J. Richard (ed.). The Laud Herbal Glossary. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1974.
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LB: Leonhardi, Günther. Kleinere angelsächsische Denkmäler I. Bibliothek der ags. Prosa VI. Hamburg: Grand, 1905.
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[1]:

Not recorded anywhere else but the word goes with NHG "Schmerkraut", and it probably is related to L UNCTIO "anointing, das Salben".

[2]:

L. NAP SILUATICA. "NAP SILUATICA sperewyrt UEL wilde næp: AntK 111,1 (WW 135,12) belongs here too. Rusche 1996, 668: "Read NAP SILUATICA".

[3]:

Ep 1078: speruuuyrt.

[4]:

L. NAP SILUATICA. NAP SILUATICA sperewyrt UEL wilde næp: AntK 111,1 (WW 135,12) belongs here too.

[5]:

Cf. G Fieberwurz, Aristolochia clematitis L. (Marzell 2000,1,393).

[6]:

L. NAP SILUATICA.

[7]:

Ep 1078: speruuuyrt.

[8]:

Ep 1078: speruuuyrt.

[9]:

Lemma and glosses probably belong to sperewyrt; cf. Pheifer 1974, n. 1078.