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byrc-trēow
noun,
n.,
wa-decl.,
hapax legomenon
Type: plant
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Meaning Last Update: 21.04.2011 18:40
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A: plant: native Several native species.
Betula L., birch, a species of ~, Birke, eine Art von ~
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Comment on (A): Betula L., birch, a species of ~, Birke, eine Art von ~
Occurrence Last Update: 18.10.2010 13:39
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Botanical-Information: stylised plate
Thomé, Otto Wilhelm.
Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. In 4 Mappen ; 531 Tafeln in naturgetreuen Farben mit 668 Pflanzenarten. Leipzip: Teubner, 1938.
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Betula L., birch, a species of ~, Birke, eine Art von ~ |
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Gräbner, Paul.
Taschenbuch zum Pflanzenbestimmen. Stuttgart: Kosmos, Gesellschaft der Naturfreunde. Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung., 1918.
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Research Literature
AntK:
Kindschi, Lowell.
The Latin-Old English Glossaries in Planton-Moretus Manuscript 43 and British Museum Manuscript Additional 32,246. Unpubl. diss. Stanford University: 1955.
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.
Biggam, Carole P..
"The _aespe_ Tree in Anglo Saxon England." In: _From Earth to Art. The Many Aspects of the Plant-World in Anglo-Saxon England. Proceedings of the First ASPNS Symposium, University of Glasgow, 5-7 April 2000._ Ed. Carole P. Biggam. Amsterdam - New York: Rodopi, 2003. 195-230.
Horn, Peter C..
"The Earliest Reference to Black Poplar in England?" BSBI News 73 (1996): 28.
Keble, Martin Wiliam.
The Concise British Flora in Colour. 3rd ed. London: Ebury Press, 1974.
MS Antwerp, Plantin-Moretus Museum, 47.
MS London, British Library, Add. 32246.
Stace, Clive.
New Flora of the British Isles. 2nd ed. with ill. by Hilli Thompson. Cambridge: University Press, 1997.
The compound is not recorded in BT(SC) and CH(S); probably the occurrence is an error for byrc, treow. POPULUS mostly denotes Populus alba L., white poplar, Silberpappel, which is not native to England (cf. Keble 1974, pl. 78). There is no OE name for this plant. Horn (1996,28), relaying on Dickens (1915) not convincingly argues for Populus nigra ssp. betulifolia but Biggam (2003,215ff.) clearly refutes his argumentation.
It is not possible to determine the birch species used in Anglo-Saxon times either from written or from archeologic sources. There are two birch tree species (+ subspecies) native to Britain (cf. Stace 1997, 123ff.): Betula pendula Roth., silver birch, Hänge-Birke; and Betula pubescens Ehrh., downey birch, Moor-Birke.