printwīse
noun,
f.,
n-decl.,
9 occ.
Possible Types: plant-part, plant
Last Update: 03.10.2011 10:53
Reference Last Update: 21.11.2022 11:37
Meanings Last Update: 10.11.2008 06:46
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A: plant-part
-, stalk and leaves, Stengel und Blätter -
A: plant
-, plant, Pflanze
Comment Last Update: 03.10.2011 10:51
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Comment on (A): -, stalk and leaves, Stengel und Blätter
Occurrences Last Update: 08.03.2008 06:57
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.
HEW:
Holthausen, Ferdinand.
Altenglisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 3., unveränd. Aufl.. Heidelberg: Winter, 1974.
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.
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]:
Cont.: weod[obend]e wisan; cf. s.v. wudubend.
[2]:
Cont.: streawberian wise.
[3]:
Cont.: streawberian wise.
From the frequent combination with the gsg. of →strēaw-berge (LB 11/39; 12/3; 12/14; 102/13) we conclude that in the LB wīse does not denote a certain plant part but is used to distinguish any part (mostly stalks and leaves) from the fruit of the strawberry plant. This assumption is also valid for LB 105/13 (hæþbergean wisan). In LB 100/5 (hwite clæfran wisan) the word again denotes the stalks and leaves but is probably used to differentiate between these plant parts and the roots (LB 75/20: clæfran wyrttruman) or the white flowers of Trifolium repens L., white clover, Weiß-Klee (→clǣfre, hwīte) as the adjective hwīte would indicate. The occurrences of streawbergean leaf (e.g. LB 107/22) suggest that wīse denotes more parts of a plant than just the leaves; also cf. similar meanings of the etyma listed in Holthausen (1974, s.v. wīse 2) and the plant name →fugeles-wīse, which literally means 'bird-plant'.