printwen-wyrt, cnēoehte
noun,
f.,
i-decl.,
hapax legomenon
Type: plant
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Meaning Last Update: 27.09.2011 08:16
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A: plant
-, unsolved, ungeklärt
Comment Last Update: 03.01.2011 12:17
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Comment on (A): -, unsolved, ungeklärt
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.
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.
Wright, Cyril E. (ed.).
Bald's Leechbook. Early English manuscripts in facsimile. 5. Kopenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1955.
[1]:
Cf. "Polygonum", i.e. Gk πολύς "a lot, viel" and γόνυ "knee, knot; Knie, Knoten".
[2]:
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.
Most likely a plant with a knotty and twisted stalk (cf. [LINTO cnēowiht) like Polygonum L., knotweed, Knöterich (cf. Hegi 1906, III,188).[1]