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una
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hapax legomenon
Type: plant
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Meaning Last Update: 02.03.2010 08:03
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A: plant: native
Artemisia vulgaris L., mugwort, Gewöhnlicher Beifuß
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Comment on (A): Artemisia vulgaris L., mugwort, Gewöhnlicher Beifuß
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Artemisia vulgaris L., mugwort, Gewöhnlicher Beifuß |
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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 II:
Bierbaumer, Peter.
Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 2. Bern, Frankfurt am Main, München: Lang, 1976.
LA, Lor:
Grattan, John Henry Grafton, and Charles Singer.
Anglo-Saxon Magic and Medicine. London: Oxford Univ. Press, 1952.
LA:
Cockayne, Oswald Thomas (ed.).
"[Lacnunga] Recipies." 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. 2-81.
LB:
Leonhardi, Günther.
Kleinere angelsächsische Denkmäler I. Bibliothek der ags. Prosa VI. Hamburg: Grand, 1905.
Grein, Christian-Wilhelm-Michael (ed.).
Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie. Göttingen: Wigand, 1864.
MS London, British Library, Harley 585.
Pettit, Edward, (ed. and trans.).
Anglo-Saxon Remedies, Charms and Prayers from British Library MS Harley 585: the 'Lacnunga'. Vol. I: Introduction, Text, Translation, and Appendices. Vol. II: Commentary and Bibliography. Mellen Critical Editions and Translations. 6A and 6B. Lewiston, Queenston and Lampeter: Mellen, 2001.
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Nine Herbs Charm: Gemyne þu mucgwyrt hwæt þu ameIdodest, hwæt þu renadest æt regenmelde. una þu hattest, yldost wyrta.
But cf. Pettit (2001,II,537), who summarises the current state of research and interpretes una as L numeral referring to →mucg-wyrt in order to emphasise it's tradition and importance.