printcāwel, sē brāda
noun,
m.,
a-decl.,
hapax legomenon
Type: plant
Last Update: 25.06.2014 21:25
Meaning Last Update: 25.06.2014 21:25
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A: plant: native Cultivated species?
? Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes L., kohlrabi, Kohlrabi
Comment Last Update: 22.07.2009 11:27
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Comment on (A): ? Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes L., kohlrabi, Kohlrabi
Occurrence Last Update: 22.07.2009 10:56
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Research Literature
BW I:
Bierbaumer, Peter.
Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 1. Bern, Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 1975.
LB:
Cockayne, Oswald Thomas (ed.).
"Leech Book." 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. 2. Rev. Ed. by Charles Singer. London: Longman [et. al.], 1961. 1-360.
LB:
Leonhardi, Günther.
Kleinere angelsächsische Denkmäler I. Bibliothek der ags. Prosa VI. Hamburg: Grand, 1905.
Deegan, Marilyn.
A Critical Edition of MS. B.L. Royal 12.D.XVII: Bald's 'Leechbook'. Diss. Univ. of Manchester. 1988.
Fischer-Benzon, Rudolph von.
Altdeutsche Gartenflora. Nachdruck der Ausgabe Kiel und Leipzig, 1894. Liechtenstein: Sändig Reprint, 1998.
Hankins, Freda Richards.
Bald's 'Leechbook' Reconsidered. Diss. Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 1993.
MS London, British Library, Royal 12 D.xvii.
Wright, Cyril E. (ed.).
Bald's Leechbook. Early English manuscripts in facsimile. 5. Kopenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1955.
The identification is based on the context nim [...] þone bradan cawel nioþoweardne which might be a reference to the globular swelling of the root just above the ground. The ML name of kohlrabi is RAUA CAULIS, the plant denoted here must not be confused with todays garden plant: but it is it's early ancestor (cf. Fischer-Benzon 1998,110).