printfyrses berie
noun,
f.,
n-decl.,
hapax legomenon
Type: plant-part
Last Update: 02.11.2010 14:51
Meaning Last Update: 13.10.2009 10:33
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A: plant-part: native
Juniperi fructus, juniper-berry, Wacholderbeere
Comment Last Update: 23.05.2011 10:37
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Comment on (A): Juniperi fructus, juniper-berry, Wacholderbeere
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".
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.