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wyrt, þa on worþigum weaxeð
noun,
f.,
i-decl.,
hapax legomenon
Type: plant
Last Update: 10.10.2011 10:24
Meaning Last Update: 07.03.2011 10:22
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A: plant: native
Atropa bella-donna L., deadly nightshade, Belladonna
Comment Last Update: 07.03.2011 10:31
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Comment on (A): Atropa bella-donna L., deadly nightshade, Belladonna
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Atropa bella-donna L., deadly nightshade, Belladonna |
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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 II:
Bierbaumer, Peter.
Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 2. Bern, Frankfurt am Main, München: Lang, 1976.
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:
Leonhardi, Günther.
Kleinere angelsächsische Denkmäler I. Bibliothek der ags. Prosa VI. Hamburg: Grand, 1905.
Grein, Christian-Wilhelm-Michael (ed.).
Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie. Göttingen: Wigand, 1864.
MS London, British Library, Harley 585.
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.
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Cont.: Wiþ lungenadle hriþerum: þa wyrt on wor[þ]igum, heo biþ gelic hundes micgean þære wyrte, þær wexeþ blac[a] bergean eal swa micele swa oþre pys[an]; genuca; do in halig wæter; do þon-ne on muþ þæm hryþerum. Genim þa ylcan wyrte, do in glede, 7 finol 7 cassuc 7 godeweb 7 recels; bærn eal tosomne on þa heal-fe þe se wind sy; læt reocan on þone ceap.
Cf. the context and s.v. →hundes micge meaning B. The use of the plant as fumigation herb (læt reocan on þone ceap) supports our identification (cf. etymology s.v. →ælf-þone).