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wen-wyrt, clufihte
noun,
f.,
i-decl.,
13 occ.
Type: plant
Last Update: 27.09.2011 08:16
Meaning Last Update: 03.01.2011 10:41
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A: plant: native
Ranunculus ficaria L., lesser celandine, Gewöhnliches Scharbockskraut
Comment Last Update: 03.01.2011 11:11
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Comment on (A): Ranunculus ficaria L., lesser celandine, Gewöhnliches Scharbockskraut
Occurrences Last Update: 10.03.2008 07:25
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Image Last Update: 27.09.2011 08:16
Ranunculus ficaria L., lesser celandine, Gewöhnliches Scharbockskraut |
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Botanical-Information: stylised plate Source: →reference-information
Kops, Jan.
Flora Batava. 1. Deel. Amsterdam: J. C. Sepp en Zoon, 1800.
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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.
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:
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.
Grein, Christian-Wilhelm-Michael (ed.).
Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie. Göttingen: Wigand, 1864.
Hankins, Freda Richards.
Bald's 'Leechbook' Reconsidered. Diss. Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 1993.
Hegi, Gustav.
Illustrierte Flora von Mitteleuropa. Mit bes. Berücks. v. Oesterreich, Deutschland u. d. Schweiz. Zum Gebrauche in d. Schulen u. zum Selbstunterricht. Bd 1-7. Wien: Pichler, 1906.
MS London, British Library, Royal 12 D.xvii.
MS London, British Library, Harley 585.
Olds, Barbara M..
The Anglo-Saxon Leechbook III: A Critical Edition and Translation. Diss. Univ. of Denver. 1985.
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.
Wright, Cyril E. (ed.).
Bald's Leechbook. Early English manuscripts in facsimile. 5. Kopenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1955.
[1]:
According to the other occurrences the comma has to be deleted.
[2]:
Cf. our note on LB 39,22.
[3]:
Cont.: cropleac, armelu sio cneoehte, wenwyrt, do on. Like the other occurrences suggest, the correct punctuation should read: cropleac, armelu, sio cneoehte wenwyrt, do on.
[4]:
An error, it should read clufihtan.
[5]:
Cf. our note on LB 39,22.
The description →clufiht probably refers to the tubers in the axils, which look a lot like wheat corns or even young potato bulbs (Hegi 1906,III,542) and which can probably be compared to the cloves of a garlic bulb (cf. →clufu); also cf. LB 102/31: twa clufe þære clufehtan wenwyrte.