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bere-gærs

noun, n., a-decl., hapax legomenon

Possible Types: plant-product, plant

Last Update: 19.04.2011 09:14

Old-English: beregræs, berecræs,

Latin (Machine generated): FARRAGO,

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References Last Update: 22.11.2022 09:19

Meanings Last Update: 08.10.2008 11:33

  • A: plant-product
    -, fodder, Viehfutter
  • A: plant
    -, barley-grass, Grüne Gerste
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Comment Last Update: 19.04.2011 09:13

  • Comment on (A): -, fodder, Viehfutter

    Literal meaning 'barley-grass, Weizengras'. L text: Is. 17,3,14: FARRAGO A FARRE DICTA: EST ENIM HERBA HORDEACEA ADHUC VIRIDIS, NECDUM GRANIS AD MATURITATEM TURGENTIBUS.

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Occurrence Last Update: 28.04.2009 09:27
  • AntK, 142,15 FARRAGO grene berecræs[1]
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Research Literature

AntK: Kindschi, Lowell. The Latin-Old English Glossaries in Planton-Moretus Manuscript 43 and British Museum Manuscript Additional 32,246. Unpubl. diss. Stanford University: 1955.
BW III: Bierbaumer, Peter. Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 3. Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Las Vegas: Lang, 1979.
DOE: Cameron, Angus, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette di Paolo Healey, et al. (eds.). Dictionary of Old English (A to G). CD-Rom. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies for the Dictionary of Old English Project, 2008.
MS Antwerp, Plantin-Moretus Museum, 47.
MS London, British Library, Add. 32246.
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Note: "Read beregræs".