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wīþig

noun, m., a-decl., 2 occ.

Type: plant

Last Update: 03.10.2011 10:59

References Last Update: 26.12.2022 07:30

  • -wīþig-mere;
  • →wiþig-rind;
  • wīþig-bed;
  • wīþig-brōc;
  • wīþig-ford;
  • wīþig-gráf;
  • wīþig-leáh;
  • wīþig-mæd;
  • wīþig-mōr;
  • wīþig-pyt;
  • wīþig-pōl;
  • →wīþig-rind;
  • wīþig-ræw;
  • wīþig-slæd;
  • wīþig-will;
  • wīþig-wīc;
  • wīþig-þy̅fel;
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Meaning Last Update: 24.01.2011 10:20

  • A: plant: native Various native species.
    Salix L., willow, a species of ~, Weide, eine Art von ~
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Comment Last Update: 03.10.2011 10:56

  • Comment on (A): Salix L., willow, a species of ~, Weide, eine Art von ~

    According to Biggam (1998,141) this name can refer to any kind of willow, which are a very varied genus (cf. Clapham 1962, 581f.). Biggam also dismisses Eckwall's identification of hara wiþig as Sorbus aria (L.) Crantz, whitebeam, Gewöhnliche Mehlbeere.

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Occurrences Last Update: 06.03.2008 14:25

  • LB, 27/10 asg wiþig
  • LB, 45/19 gsg wiþies
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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.
Biggam, Carole P.. "Grey' in Old English: an Interdisciplinary Semantic Study. London: Runetree, 1998.
Clapham, A.R., T.G. Tutin, and E.F. Warburg. Flora of the British Isles. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1962.
Deegan, Marilyn. A Critical Edition of MS. B.L. Royal 12.D.XVII: Bald's 'Leechbook'. Diss. Univ. of Manchester. 1988.
Eckwall, Eilert. Studies on English Place-Names. Kungl. Vitterhets, Historie och Antikvitets Akademiens Handlingar: Antikvariska serien. 42,1. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 1936.
Hankins, Freda Richards. Bald's 'Leechbook' Reconsidered. Diss. Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 1993.
MS London, British Library, Royal 12 D.xvii.
Storms, Godfrid (ed.). Anglo-Saxon Magic. Reprint of the 1948 ed. published by M. Nijhoff, The Hague. Norwood, Pa: Norwood Editions, 1975.
Wright, Cyril E. (ed.). Bald's Leechbook. Early English manuscripts in facsimile. 5. Kopenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1955.