Lycopodium_clavatum_bd1_tafel_019

stræl-wyrt

noun, f., i-decl., 2 occ.

Type: plant

Last Update: 24.08.2011 11:42

Reference Last Update: 21.11.2022 11:55

Meaning Last Update: 14.09.2010 08:34

  • A: plant: native
    Lycopodium clavatum L., stag's-thorn clubmoss, Keulen-Bärlapp
↑ top

Comment Last Update: 14.09.2010 08:45

  • Comment on (A): Lycopodium clavatum L., stag's-thorn clubmoss, Keulen-Bärlapp

    Cf. Cockayne 1961,II,406. Literally the plant name means 'arrow-wort, Pfeilwurz'; the forked alignment of the ears provide a great similarity to small arrows sticking in the soil (cf. the plant depiction).

↑ top

Occurrences Last Update: 24.11.2010 06:18

  • LB, 16/34 asg strælwyrt
  • LB, 30/10 asg strælwyrt
↑ top

Image Last Update: 24.08.2011 11:42

Lycopodium clavatum L., stag's-thorn clubmoss, Keulen-Bärlapp

Lycopodium_clavatum_bd1_tafel_019

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.

↑ top

Research Literature

BW I: Bierbaumer, Peter. Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 1. Bern, Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 1975.
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.
Deegan, Marilyn. A Critical Edition of MS. B.L. Royal 12.D.XVII: Bald's 'Leechbook'. Diss. Univ. of Manchester. 1988.
Hankins, Freda Richards. Bald's 'Leechbook' Reconsidered. Diss. Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 1993.
MS London, British Library, Royal 12 D.xvii.
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.