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wurma
noun,
m.,
n-decl.,
hapax legomenon
Type: plant
Last Update: 10.10.2011 08:26
Meanings Last Update: 04.03.2011 11:04
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A: plant
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A: plant: foreign
? Majorana hortensis Moench, marjoram, Majoran
Comments Last Update: 10.10.2011 08:25
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Comment on (A): -, dyeing plant, Färberpflanze
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Comment on (A): ? Majorana hortensis Moench, marjoram, Majoran
Cf. WW 463/33: ORIGANUM feltwurma; the name →felt-wurma (probably for feld-, open land, plain) suggests a wild species, probably Origanum vulgare L., wild marjoram, Dost. The simplex wurma could therefore denote M. hortensis, a garden plant. Cf. →wurmille and Holthausen's entry (1974, s.v.).
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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..
"Knowledge of whelk dyes and pigments in Anglo-Saxon England." Anglo-Saxon England 35 (2006): 23-55.
Deegan, Marilyn.
A Critical Edition of MS. B.L. Royal 12.D.XVII: Bald's 'Leechbook'. Diss. Univ. of Manchester. 1988.
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.
Cockayne (1961,II,412) suggests Isatis tinctoria L., woad, Färber-Waid; but since wurma denotes the dog whelk (cf. Holthausen 1974, .s.v.), we can assume that the plant name would not denote I. tinctoria, which gives an indigo-like dye, but rather Rubia tinctorum L., madder, Echte Färberröte (cf. [LINTO wrætte]). Also cf. BTC s.v. wyrmfāh.