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æppel-þorn

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

Last Update: 29.03.2011 10:29

References Last Update: 31.10.2023 09:50

Meaning Last Update: 13.05.2009 09:25

  • A: :
    -, tree, a fruit-bearing ~, Baum, ein fruchttragender ~
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Comment Last Update: 29.03.2011 10:28

  • Comment on (A): -, tree, a fruit-bearing ~, Baum, ein fruchttragender ~

    Cf. DOE, s.v.: "the name of a fruit-bearing tree, perhaps ‘crabapple-tree’".

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Occurrence Last Update: 13.05.2009 08:27
  • Ch 1577 (Kem vol. 3, App. 460), 59 appelþorn
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Research Literature

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.
Kemble, John Mitchell. Codex diplomaticus aevi Saxonici. 6 vols. Reprint of London 1839-1848. Vaduz: Kraus, 1964.
Sawyer, Peter Hayes. Anglo-Saxon Charters. Guides and handbooks / Royal Historical Society ; 8. London: Royal Historical Society, 1968.