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gærs-wyrt

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

Type: plant-related

Last Update: 23.05.2011 11:54

Old-English: gærswyrta,

Latin (Machine generated): HOLERA HERBARUM,

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References Last Update: 22.11.2022 04:29

Meanings Last Update: 15.10.2009 08:32

  • A: plant-related
    -, grass, Gras
  • B: plant-related
    -, plant, green ~, Pflanze, grüne ~
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Comment Last Update: 23.05.2011 11:52

  • Comment on (A): -, grass, Gras

    Probably not a compound, read gærs wyrta. Cf. Ps(G) 36,2 (→gærs) where gærs translates the gpl. HERBARUM.

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Occurrence Last Update: 03.11.2010 06:17
  • Ps(J), 36,2 HOLERA HERBARUM wyrta gærswyrta
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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.
Ps (H): Campbell, A. P. (ed.). The Tiberius Psalter. Ottawa Medieval Texts and Studies. 2. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 1974.
PS (J): MS London, British Library, Arundel 60.