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trēow-bīcen

noun, f., a-decl., hapax legomenon

Last Update: 30.08.2011 09:57

Reference Last Update: 31.10.2023 10:06

Meaning Last Update: 02.06.2008 08:11

  • A:
    -, nest of wild bees, Bau wilder Bienen
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Comment Last Update: 30.08.2011 09:57

  • Comment on (A): -, nest of wild bees, Bau wilder Bienen

    Not a botanical term. According to Ker the gloss belongs to Mt 3,4: MEL SILUESTRE[1]. The translation in BTC is probably based on ModE bike 'bees' nest, Bienenstock'; cf. OED, s.v. bike, sb. (first recording 1300).

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Occurrence Last Update: 13.01.2011 14:45
  • D 33, Ker, Nr.A 6 SILUESTRE treumbicin
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Research Literature

BTC: Campbell, Alistair (ed.). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary. Revised and Enlarged Addenda to the Supplement by T. N. Toller. London: Oxford University Press, 1972.
BW III: Bierbaumer, Peter. Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 3. Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Las Vegas: Lang, 1979.
OED: Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2009. .
Ker, Neil Ripley. Catalogue of Manuscripts Containing Anglo-Saxon. First published 1957. Re-issued. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990.
MS Brussels, Bibliotheque Royale, 8654-72.
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Cf. Mt(Li) hunig udu; Mt(Ru) wudehuniges.