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Dipsacus_fullonum_bd4_tafel_102

wulfes-teors

noun, , , hapax legomenon

Type: plant

Last Update: 06.10.2011 11:28

Meaning Last Update: 06.10.2011 10:55

  • A: plant: native
    Dipsacus fullonum L., fuller's teasel, Wilde Karde
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Comment Last Update: 04.03.2011 10:04

  • Comment on (A): Dipsacus fullonum L., fuller's teasel, Wilde Karde

    The gloss has to be a corrupted →wulfes-tǣsel; and received a secondary motivation of OE teors 'penis, Penis' some time during its tradition.

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Occurrence Last Update: 12.03.2008 15:41
  • Laud, 322 CAMELEO ALBA wulues tuers
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Image Last Update: 06.10.2011 11:28

Dipsacus fullonum L., fuller's teasel, Wilde Karde
Dipsacus_fullonum_bd4_tafel_102

Botanical-Information: stylised plate

Source: →reference-information

Thomé, Otto Wilhelm. Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. In 4 Mappen ; 531 Tafeln in naturgetreuen Farben mit 668 Pflanzenarten. Leipzip: Teubner, 1938.

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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.
Laud: Stracke, J. Richard (ed.). The Laud Herbal Glossary. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1974.
MS Oxford, Bodleian, Laud Misc. 567.