fyrses berie

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

Type: plant-part

Last Update: 02.11.2010 14:51

References Last Update: 26.12.2022 19:22

Meaning Last Update: 13.10.2009 10:33

  • A: plant-part: native
    Juniperi fructus, juniper-berry, Wacholderbeere
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Comment Last Update: 23.05.2011 10:37

  • Comment on (A): Juniperi fructus, juniper-berry, Wacholderbeere

    Recorded in the DOE, s.v. fyrs. This identification is based on the L lemma, also cf. Steinmeyer, Sievers (1999,3,524,32): ARCIOTIDE wachalderber. OE fyrs can denote several thorny plants; it seems there is no distinct OE name for J. communis.

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Occurrence Last Update: 29.07.2009 20:28

  • Br,WW, 303,2 ARCIOTIDAS[1] fyrses berian
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Research Literature

AhdGl: Steinmeyer, Elias und Eduard Sievers. Die althochdeutschen Glossen. Repr. 5 Bde. Hildesheim: Weidmann, 1999.
Br: Logeman, Henri. "Zu Wright-Wülker I, 204-303." Archiv 85 (1890): 316-318.
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.
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 Brussels, Bibliotheque Royale, 1828-30.
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Note: "Read ARCEUTHIDES".