eced-berge

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

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Meaning Last Update: 23.06.2009 19:51

  • A:
    -, not a plant name, kein Pflanzenname
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Comment Last Update: 06.05.2011 10:32

  • Comment on (A): -, not a plant name, kein Pflanzenname

    The MS has eced berǵ; Cockayne reads (1961,II,356): eced bergen and translates "let the man taste [...] vinegar"(1961,II,357), in my opinion, he interpretes berǵ as a form of the verb bergan, byrgan (cf. BT, s.v.) 'taste, kosten'.

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Occurrence Last Update: 29.06.2009 10:25

  • LB, 109/21 nsg ecedbergen
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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.
MS London, British Library, Royal 12 D.xvii.
Olds, Barbara M.. The Anglo-Saxon Leechbook III: A Critical Edition and Translation. Diss. Univ. of Denver. 1985.
Wright, Cyril E. (ed.). Bald's Leechbook. Early English manuscripts in facsimile. 5. Kopenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1955.