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swegles æppel

noun, m., a-decl., 9 occ.

Last Update: 26.08.2011 07:25

References Last Update: 21.11.2022 16:56

Meaning Last Update: 30.05.2008 06:50

  • A:
    -, unsolved, ungeklärt
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Comment Last Update: 26.08.2011 07:41

  • Comment on (A): -, unsolved, ungeklärt

    Cf. Storms 1946,327: "swegles æppel; 'swail's apple'. It is uncertain what plant is meant. Cockayne suggests beetle nut."

    Etymology: to OE swegel 1. 'heaven, Himmel', 2. 'music, Musik' ? Also cf. →æppel (2).

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Occurrences Last Update: 26.11.2010 06:26

  • LB, 10/39 asg swegles æppel
  • LB, 12/9 asg swegles æppel
  • LB, 18/13 asg swegles æppel
  • LB, 21/5[1] asg swegles æppel
  • LB, 90/11 asg swegles æppel
  • LB, 94/37 asg swegles æppel
  • LB, 95/9 asg swegles æppel
  • LB, 97/6 asg swegles æppel
  • PD, 29/15[2] gsg swegles æpples
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Etymology Last Update: 26.08.2011 07:25

  • Etymology: Etymology-Comment:

    Zu ae. swegel 1. 'Himmel', 2. 'Musik' ?

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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.
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.
PD: Löweneck, Max (ed.). Peri Didaxeon. Erlanger Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 12. Erlangen: Junge, 1896.
Cockayne, Oswald Thomas (ed.). "Peri Didaxeon." 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. 82-143.
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.
Olds, Barbara M.. The Anglo-Saxon Leechbook III: A Critical Edition and Translation. Diss. Univ. of Denver. 1985.
Sanborn, Linda (ed.). An Edition of British Library MS. Harley 6258B: Peri Didaxeon. Diss. Ottawa: University of Ottawa, 1983.
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.
[1]:

L. reads swegles æþþel; the MS has æppel.

[2]:

Cont.: Nim plumsewes anes scyllinges gewyht and swegles æpples twegean scyllenges gewyht; cf. Löweneck (1893,56, note on 29/15): "swegles æpples. Cockayne suspects "beetlenut" as a possible meaning; this is recorded by Bosworth-Toller."