Inula_conyza

þēor-wyrt

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

Type: plant

Last Update: 29.08.2011 09:17

Reference Last Update: 18.10.2022 22:27

  • wyrt (1);
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Meanings Last Update: 04.10.2010 09:27

  • A: plant: native
    ?? Inula conyzae (Griess.) Meikle, ploughman's-spikenard, Dürrwurz
  • B:
    ?? Pulicaria vulgaris Gärtn., small fleabane, Kleines Flohkraut.
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Comments Last Update: 04.10.2010 09:54

  • Comment on (A): ?? Inula conyzae (Griess.) Meikle, ploughman's-spikenard, Dürrwurz

    Identification based on Cockayne (1961,II,413) and his reference to G Dürrwurz.

  • Comment on (B): ?? Pulicaria vulgaris Gärtn., small fleabane, Kleines Flohkraut.

    Pollington (2000,122) suggests Inula pulicaria L. which is Pulicaria vulgaris Gärtn., small fleabane, Kleines Flohkraut. He seems to confuse both plants, Inula conyzae and P. vulgaris based on the G plant name Dürrwurz as mentioned by Cockayne. For P. vulgaris this G name is only recorded in the 18th century and s.v. Pulicaria dysenterica Bernh. Marzell (cf. 2000,III,1177) explicitly notes that G Dürrwurz is mostly attributed to I. conyzae because of its preferred habitat on dry ground, the Pulicaria species prefer a wet habitat.

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Occurrences Last Update: 29.11.2010 14:21

  • LB, 24/30 asg þeorwyrt
  • LB, 99/20 asg þeorwyrt
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Image Last Update: 29.08.2011 09:17

?? Inula conyzae (Griess.) Meikle, ploughman's-spikenard, Dürrwurz

Inula_conyza

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.
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.
Marzell, Heinrich. Wörterbuch der deutschen Pflanzennamen. Mit Unterstützung der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Bearb. von Heinrich Marzell. Unter Mitw. von Wilhelm Wissmann. Köln: Parkland, 2000.
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.
Pollington, Stephen. Leechcraft: Early English Charms, Plant Lore, and Healing. Hockwold-cum-Wilton: Anglo-Saxon Books, 2000.
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.