wīngeard-seax

noun, n., , hapax legomenon

Type: plant-related

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Reference Last Update: 26.12.2022 20:11

Meaning Last Update: 10.11.2008 06:42

  • A: plant-related
    -, vine pruning-knife, Messer zum Beschneiden der Weinstöcke
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Comment Last Update: 17.01.2011 15:40

  • Comment on (A): -, vine pruning-knife, Messer zum Beschneiden der Weinstöcke

    L FALX, OE rifter and SICUL = 'sickle, Sichel'.

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Occurrence Last Update: 17.04.2008 09:08

  • HlOl, F 63 FALCIS wingeardseax. rifter UEL sicul
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Research Literature

BW III: Bierbaumer, Peter. Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 3. Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Las Vegas: Lang, 1979.
Hl: Oliphant, Robert Thompson. The Harley Latin-Old English Glossary. Edited from British Museum MS Harley 3376, Janua Linguarum, Series Practica XX. The Hague: Mouton, 1966.
WW, Prosp, Br: Wright, Thomas. Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies. 2nd ed. by Richard Paul Wülcker. Reprint of the 1884 ed. published by Trübner, London. Vol. 1: Vocabularies. Vol. 2: Indices. New York: Gordon, 1976.
MS London, British Library, Harley 3376.