printbēan, greate
noun,
f.,
o- decl.,
hapax legomenon
Type: plant
Last Update: 12.04.2011 14:06
Meaning Last Update: 12.04.2011 13:58
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A: plant: introduced Plants only survive in cultivation, cf. Banham (1990,165).
Vicia faba L., broad bean, Puff-Bohne
Comment Last Update: 09.06.2009 08:56
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Comment on (A): Vicia faba L., broad bean, Puff-Bohne
Occurrence Last Update: 07.10.2010 06:56
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Research Literature
BW II:
Bierbaumer, Peter.
Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 2. Bern, Frankfurt am Main, München: Lang, 1976.
LA, Lor:
Grattan, John Henry Grafton, and Charles Singer.
Anglo-Saxon Magic and Medicine. London: Oxford Univ. Press, 1952.
LA:
Cockayne, Oswald Thomas (ed.).
"[Lacnunga] Recipies." In: Leechdoms, Wortcunning and Starcraft of Early England. Being a Collection of Documents, for the Most Part never before Printed, Illustrating the History of Sience in this Country before the Norman Conquest. Vol. 3. Rev. Ed. by Charles Singer. London: Holland Press, 1961. 2-81.
LB:
Leonhardi, Günther.
Kleinere angelsächsische Denkmäler I. Bibliothek der ags. Prosa VI. Hamburg: Grand, 1905.
Banham, Debby.
The Knowledge and Uses of Food Plants in Anglo-Saxon England. Diss. Cambridge University. Index to Theses. 40. Cambridge: 1990.
Grein, Christian-Wilhelm-Michael (ed.).
Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie. Göttingen: Wigand, 1864.
MS London, British Library, Harley 585.
Pettit, Edward, (ed. and trans.).
Anglo-Saxon Remedies, Charms and Prayers from British Library MS Harley 585: the 'Lacnunga'. Vol. I: Introduction, Text, Translation, and Appendices. Vol. II: Commentary and Bibliography. Mellen Critical Editions and Translations. 6A and 6B. Lewiston, Queenston and Lampeter: Mellen, 2001.
Pollington, Stephen.
Leechcraft: Early English Charms, Plant Lore, and Healing. Hockwold-cum-Wilton: Anglo-Saxon Books, 2000.
As bēan can refer to any kind of bean or large seed Pollington (2000,100) suggests that this name especially refers to the broad bean. Banham (1990,180) poses a similar explanation: "[...] but it is not clear why 'large' beans are specified, unless it is to distinguish them from their smaller relatives the vetches." The DOE has no reference to greate bēan.