Nasturtium_officinale_bd2_tafel_116

brōc-cærse

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

Type: plant

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References Last Update: 18.10.2022 10:25

Meaning Last Update: 16.07.2009 12:35

  • A: plant: native
    Nasturtium officinale R.Br., watercress, Brunnenkresse
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Comment Last Update: 17.07.2009 07:28

  • Comment on (A): Nasturtium officinale R.Br., watercress, Brunnenkresse

    Identification based on OE broc 'brook'. The plant prospers best in moving water (cf. Clapham 1962,172).

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Occurrence Last Update: 18.05.2009 06:25

  • LB, 105/2 asg broc cersan
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Image Last Update: 21.04.2011 16:32

Nasturtium officinale R.Br., watercress, Brunnenkresse

Nasturtium_officinale_bd2_tafel_116

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 I: Bierbaumer, Peter. Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 1. Bern, Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 1975.
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.
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.
Banham, Debby. The Knowledge and Uses of Food Plants in Anglo-Saxon England. Diss. Cambridge University. Index to Theses. 40. Cambridge: 1990.
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.