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sund-corn
noun,
n.,
a-decl.,
18 occ.
Type: plant
Last Update: 25.08.2011 09:40
Old-English: sundcorn, suncorn, suntcorn,
Latin (Machine generated): LITUSPERMON, SAXIFRAGA, SAXIFRAGAM, SAXIFRAGIA, SAXIFRICE, SAXIFRIGA, SAXIFRIGIA,
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A: plant: native
Saxifraga granulata L., meadow saxifrage, Knöllchen-Steinbrech
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Comment on (A): Saxifraga granulata L., meadow saxifrage, Knöllchen-Steinbrech
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Saxifraga granulata L., meadow saxifrage, Knöllchen-Steinbrech |
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Botanical-Information: stylised plate Source: →reference-information
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[1]:
The plant is not recorded in MSS V and B.
[2]:
N.: "R. LITHOSPERMON."
[3]:
Ch. CLXXX; cont.: þe man litospermon 7 oþrum naman [sund corn] nemneþ; cf. Cockayne (1961,I.314,n. 23): "sundcorn, in V. is in a later hand." But also cf. Cockayne"s (Additions and Corrections; S. CV) note: "Page 314, art. clxxx. The text requires emendation. Read sunnan corn; that is, MILIUM SOLIS."
[4]:
The plant is not recorded in MSS V and B.
[5]:
Cont.: fiftene sundcorn; glossed SAXIFRAGIA by a hand of the 13th century.
In several glosses sundcorn translates L SAXIFRAGA 'saxifrage, Steinbrech', this name goes back to the plant's use against bladder stones; also cf. 98/4: Gif mon ne mæge gemigan 7 him weaxan stanas on þære blædran, wyl sundcorn.
Etymology: According to Förster (1917,133) related to OE sund 'sea, water; Meer, Wasser': "Vielleicht heißt diese auf wiesen vorkommende art deswegen im Ae. sundcorn d.i. eigtl. 'wasser-, sumpf-korn', weil die anderen saxifragaceen steinigen boden verlangen." Lindheim (1941,n.295) notes the name could also indicate the fact that the plant grows on meadows instead of on rocky ground, which is the preferred habitat of most Saxifraga species.
The key to a more plausible etymological explanation can be found in the Laud glosses 897: LITOSPERIMON.I.suncorn and 1301: SAXIFRAGA.I.suncorn, as well as in the plant name →sunnan-corn: (Lithospermum officinale L., common gromwell, Echter Steinsame). Cf. Marzell (2000,II,1345, s.v. Lithospermum officinale): "steinbrech 'MILIUM SOLIS' Licht Gl.134vl"; "suntkorn 'LITASPERMUM I.SAXIFRAGA' SchillLübb. 4,476. Umgedeutet aus sunnen- mit Anlehnung an mnd. sunt, ags. sund 'Meerenge, Meer' (DWb.10/4,1107). Vgl. ags. (10./11. Jh.) sundcorn 'SAXIFRAGA', [...] ferner unten Meerhirse." He also notes the NHG name ‚Meergrieß‘ (which could roughly be translated with ‚coarse sea sand‘ but actually refers not to ‚sand corn‘ but to ‚pearl‘) and explains: "Mhd. mergriez(e) bedeutet nicht nur das Korn des Meersandes, sondern auch die Perle (hier Umdeutung aus lat. MARGARĪTA 'Perle')." Cf. the context in HA: "LITOSPERMON [...] hafaþ stanas hwite 7 sinewealte swylce meregrotu [='Perlen']". Like the folk-etymological rendering of L MARGARĪTA to meregrota (cf. Holthausen 1974,s.v. grota) OE sundcorn could denote 'sea corn, Meereskorn', 'pearl, Perle', which then could have also been used for S. granulata.
The primary word -corn 'corn, Korn' refers to the nodules located at the base of the plant‘s stem (cf. L GRANULATA, and NHG Knöllchen-Steinbrech; cf. Hegi 1906,IV,615). But the description in Dioscorides III,158 (Berendes, S.355) indicates that the association has to be secondarily motivated because there the seeds of the plant are compared to peas not pearls. The question wether OE sundcorn is a secondary motivation of OE sunnancorn (which itself is a loan translation) or if there was an original form sundcorn 'pearl, Perle', which simplifyed a transfer of meaning from sunnancorn to sundcorn can ultimately not be solved because we do not have enough manuscript evicence.