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wegbræde, smēþe
noun,
f.,
n-decl.,
hapax legomenon
Type: plant
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Reference Last Update: 21.11.2022 23:49
Meaning Last Update: 06.12.2010 09:43
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A: plant: native
Plantago major L., greater plantain, Breit-Wegerich
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Comment on (A): Plantago major L., greater plantain, Breit-Wegerich
Occurrence Last Update: 10.03.2008 07:14
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Plantago major L., greater plantain, Breit-Wegerich |
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Botanical-Information: stylised plate Source: →reference-information
Thomé, Otto Wilhelm.
Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. In 4 Mappen ; 531 Tafeln in naturgetreuen Farben mit 668 Pflanzenarten. Leipzip: Teubner, 1938.
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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.
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.
Wright, Cyril E. (ed.).
Bald's Leechbook. Early English manuscripts in facsimile. 5. Kopenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1955.
OE. smēþe means 'smooth, soft, glatt, weich' and probably is used to distinguish the plant from P. media, cf. →wegbrāde, rūwe.