gærs-tūn

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

Type: plant-related

Last Update: 23.05.2011 11:48

Old-English: gærstunes, gerstunes, garstunæs, gærstune, gærstunas,

Latin (Machine generated): CROUITORIUM,

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Reference Last Update: 28.12.2022 01:19

Meaning Last Update: 15.10.2009 08:25

  • A: plant-related
    -, grass-enclosure, Grasland, eingefriedetes ~
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Comment Last Update: 15.10.2009 08:27

  • Comment on (A): -, grass-enclosure, Grasland, eingefriedetes ~

    For further occurrences, esp. from charters, consult the COE.

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Occurrence Last Update: 15.10.2009 08:27

  • HlOl, C 2128 CROUITORIUM gærstun
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Research Literature

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.
Hl: Oliphant, Robert Thompson. The Harley Latin-Old English Glossary. Edited from British Museum MS Harley 3376, Janua Linguarum, Series Practica XX. The Hague: Mouton, 1966.
WW, Prosp, Br: Wright, Thomas. Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies. 2nd ed. by Richard Paul Wülcker. Reprint of the 1884 ed. published by Trübner, London. Vol. 1: Vocabularies. Vol. 2: Indices. New York: Gordon, 1976.
MS London, British Library, Harley 3376.