box-trēow

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

Type: plant

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References Last Update: 19.10.2022 10:18

Meaning Last Update: 21.04.2011 08:59

  • A: plant: native
    Buxus sempervirens L., box-tree, Europäischer Buchsbaum
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Occurrence Last Update: 07.07.2009 07:51

  • ÆGram (B1.9.1), 20.18 HAEC BUXUS þis boxtreow
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Research Literature

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.
Sauer, Hans. Patterns of loan-influence on the Medieval English plant names, with special reference to the influence of Greek. In: Foreign Influences on Medieval English, Eds. Jacek Fisiak, and Magdalana Bator. Studies in English medieval language and literature. 28. Frankfurt/Main: Lang, 2011. 55-76.
Æ: Zupitza, Julius (ed.). Ælfrics Grammatik und Glossar. 4., unveränd. Aufl. / mit einer Einl. von Helmut Gneuss - Nachdr. der 1. Aufl., Berlin, [Weidmann], 1880. Hildesheim: Weidmann, 2003.