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Vicia_faba_bd3_tafel_132

bēan

noun, f., o- decl., 30 occ.

Type: plant

Last Update: 09.11.2011 07:59

Old-English: bean, bean-, ben-, beane, beana, beanna, beane, benae, baenae, beana, beanum,

Latin (Machine generated): CICER, CICERUS, FABA FRESA SIUE DICTA QUIA MOLATA EST, FABA PRESSA, FABAS, FABE FRESE UEL PILATE, FALLA, FAUO, LEGUMEN,

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References Last Update: 22.11.2022 00:00

Meanings Last Update: 12.04.2011 13:58

  • C: plant
    -, bean, Bohne
  • A: plant: introduced Plants only survive in cultivation, cf. Banham (1990,165).
    Vicia faba L., broad bean, Puff-Bohne
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Comments Last Update: 12.04.2011 13:51

  • Comment on (A): Vicia faba L., broad bean, Puff-Bohne

    L FABA = 'bean, Bohne'. V. faba is the only bean species used in Anglo-Saxon times (cf. Banham 1990,172-182).

  • Comment on (C): -, bean, Bohne

    The OED, s.v. bean (4) does not have any references for this meaning prior to 1398. Grattan and Singer (1952,177,n.8) state: "[...] and it should be noted that the wider meanings of 'bean', such as 'seed', 'fruit', 'berry', are not recorded until centuries later."

    But similar to →æppel (2) bēan can denote any bean shaped fruit or larger seed (cf. DOE, s.v., and Pollington 2000,100). Glosses provide plenty evidence for this use, cf. for example: Cp 481: CICER bean (CICER = 'Cicer arietinum L., chickpea, Kichererbse'); ClSt L 185 LEGUMEN bean; Dur 117: CICER sum bean-cynn. Also cf. the much discussed occurrence LA 176/19, pysbeana s.v. →pise.

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Occurrences Last Update: 10.06.2009 08:58

  • AntK, 69,9 FABE FRESE UEL PILATE gepunede beane
  • C 3, Coll 288 FABAS beana
  • ClQu, 67,15 CICER bean
  • ClQu, 72,4 LEGUMEN bean
  • ClSt, C 93 CICER bean, pisan
  • ClSt, F 138 FALLA[1] bean
  • ClSt, F 453 FABA PRESSA ggrunden bean
  • ClSt, L 185 LEGUMEN bean
  • Cp, 481(C 406) CICER bean
  • Cp, 864(F 104) FAUO[2] bean
  • D 11, f.7r, col.2, Rosier FALLA[3] bean
  • D 11, f.8v, col.2 FABA PRESSA gegrun[den bean]
  • D 30, Ker Nr.406, b LEGUMEN beane
  • Erf, 284 CICER bean
  • HA, 160/12[4] dpl beanum
  • HA, 238/19[5] npl beana
  • HlOl, F 42 FABA FRESA SIUE DICTA QUIA MOLATA EST[6] gegrunden bean
  • LA, 178/13 napl greate beane
  • LA, 198/13 napl beana
  • Laud, 296 CICERUS bean
  • LB, 14/33 napl beana
  • LB, 22/23 napl beana
  • LB, 64/16 napl beana
  • LB, 68/29 napl beana
  • LB, 90/38 gpl beana
  • PD, 23/14 napl beana
  • PD, 23/14 napl beana
  • PD, 23/27[7] napl beane
  • PD, 25/1 napl beanna
  • PD, 5/23[8] napl beane
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Image Last Update: 09.11.2011 07:59

Vicia faba L., broad bean, Puff-Bohne
Vicia_faba_bd3_tafel_132

Botanical-Information: stylised plate

Source: →reference-information

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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[1]:

Stryker, note: "Read faba". But cf. Sievers (1891,327): "FALLA ist nicht fehler für FABA, wie die note anzudeuten scheint, sondern nebenform, vermutlich deminutiv, s. DuCange unter FALLA 3".

[2]:

Wynn emends to FAUA.

[3]:

Cf. our note on ClSt, F 138.

[4]:

Ch.LVII; cont.: Sume eac sæcgeaþ ƀ heo [=brunewyrt] stelan mid twigum hysopan gelicne hæbbe 7 leaf beanum gelice; cf. Hunger (1935,143): QUIDAM EAM DICUNT RAMIS YSOPI SURCULOS UEL FOLIA OBLONGA FABÆ EODEM NOMINE APPELLANT.

[5]:

Ch.CXXVII; cont.: heo [=liþwyrt] hafaþ sæd swylce beana; cf. Hunger (1935,159): SEMEN HABET TANQUAM FABAM.

[6]:

Cf. Is. 17,4,4: FABA FRESA DICTA EO QUOD EA HOMINES FRENDANT, ID EST FRANGANT, ET MOLENDA CONMINUANT.

[7]:

Cont.: niwe beane; cf. Löweneck (1896,22/17): FABAS FRESAS.

[8]:

Cont.: þa bula, þe [...] on mannes anwlytan utbersteþ swa greate swa beane.