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spring-wyrt
noun,
f.,
i-decl.,
20 occ.
Type: plant
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Meaning Last Update: 24.08.2011 07:46
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A: plant: native Doubtfully native (cf. Clapham 1962,537).
Euphorbia lathyris L., caper spurge, Kreuzblättrige Wolfsmilch
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Comment on (A): Euphorbia lathyris L., caper spurge, Kreuzblättrige Wolfsmilch
Occurrences Last Update: 11.11.2010 06:57
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Etymology Last Update: 24.08.2011 07:52
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Euphorbia lathyris L., caper spurge, Kreuzblättrige Wolfsmilch |
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Botanical-Information: stylised plate Source: →reference-information
Fitch, Walter Hood.
Illustrations of the British Flora: London: Reeve, 1924.
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Research Literature
BW I:
Bierbaumer, Peter.
Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 1. Bern, Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 1975.
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.
LA, Lor:
Grattan, John Henry Grafton, and Charles Singer.
Anglo-Saxon Magic and Medicine. London: Oxford Univ. Press, 1952.
LA:
Cockayne, Oswald Thomas (ed.).
"[Lacnunga] Recipies." 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. 3. Rev. Ed. by Charles Singer. London: Holland Press, 1961. 2-81.
LB:
Cockayne, Oswald Thomas (ed.).
"Leech Book." 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. 2. Rev. Ed. by Charles Singer. London: Longman [et. al.], 1961. 1-360.
LB:
Leonhardi, Günther.
Kleinere angelsächsische Denkmäler I. Bibliothek der ags. Prosa VI. Hamburg: Grand, 1905.
Bierbaumer, Peter.
"Zu J.V. Goughs Ausgabe einiger altenglischer Glossen." Anglia 95, 1/2 (1977): 115-121.
Cameron, Malcolm Lawrence.
"What Plant was _Attorlothe_ (_atorlaþe_)." Parergon 10/2 (1992): 27-34.
Deegan, Marilyn.
A Critical Edition of MS. B.L. Royal 12.D.XVII: Bald's 'Leechbook'. Diss. Univ. of Manchester. 1988.
Gough, J. V. (ed.).
"Some Old English Glosses." Anglia 92 (1974): 273-290.
Grein, Christian-Wilhelm-Michael (ed.).
Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie. Göttingen: Wigand, 1864.
Hankins, Freda Richards.
Bald's 'Leechbook' Reconsidered. Diss. Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 1993.
MS London, British Library, Royal 12 D.xvii.
MS London, British Library, Harley 585.
MS Oxford, Bodleian, Ashmole 1431.
Olds, Barbara M..
The Anglo-Saxon Leechbook III: A Critical Edition and Translation. Diss. Univ. of Denver. 1985.
Pettit, Edward, (ed. and trans.).
Anglo-Saxon Remedies, Charms and Prayers from British Library MS Harley 585: the 'Lacnunga'. Vol. I: Introduction, Text, Translation, and Appendices. Vol. II: Commentary and Bibliography. Mellen Critical Editions and Translations. 6A and 6B. Lewiston, Queenston and Lampeter: Mellen, 2001.
Storms, Godfrid (ed.).
Anglo-Saxon Magic. Reprint of the 1948 ed. published by M. Nijhoff, The Hague. Norwood, Pa: Norwood Editions, 1975.
Wright, Cyril E. (ed.).
Bald's Leechbook. Early English manuscripts in facsimile. 5. Kopenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1955.
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Cf. s.v.
Cf. C 71.2, Meritt's note 73c,35: "On folio 37r some English words occur in context: FAC PULVEREM DE TEGULA ET DE liuerwurt ET DE feldwurt .I. lungewurt, also the words wudesura, hunicamb, and sprincwurt." The L lemma ATULENTA is not clear; PIS LINGUA (which Gough (n.45) cannot explain) = BISLINGUA (= Gk δίγλωσσν), is a well recorded old name for Ruscus hypoglossum L., spineless butcher's broom, Zungen-Mäusedorn (cf. Marzell 2000,3,1545); these names probably are not associated with springwyrt, becasue they are written in a separate line; R. hypoglossum can in no way be connected to E. lathyris. Pettit (2001,XXXI,126) points out that in ME the plant name denotes some mint species (water mint, horsemint) but does not elaborate this further.
Etymology: lit. 'jumpwort, Springwurz' (also NHG Springwurz); cf. Marzell (2000,II,383): "Die reifen Fruchtkapseln offnen sich und die Samen werden [...] herausgeschleudert (sie 'springen heraus')."