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cex
noun,
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hapax legomenon
Type: plant
Last Update: 22.04.2011 12:19
Meanings Last Update: 29.09.2009 09:19
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A: plant: native
? Cicuta virosa L., hemlock, Giftiger Wasserschierling -
B: plant: native Clapham (1962,520): probably introduced and cultivated as pot-herb, not very well naturalised; Stace (1997,504) "probably always introduced". Kitson (1988,107): "probably native, but native distribution sparse enough for it to have also been imported."
? Aegopodium podagraria L., ground elder, Geißfuß -
C: plant: native
? Angelica sylvestris L., wild angelica, Gewöhnliche Wald-Engelwurz -
D: plant: introduced Clapham (1962,529): "Formerly cultivated and now naturalized".
? Peucedanum ostruthium (L.) W.D.J. Koch, masterwort, Meisterwurz
Comment Last Update: 22.04.2011 12:12
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Comment on (A): ? Cicuta virosa L., hemlock, Giftiger Wasserschierling
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? Cicuta virosa L., hemlock, Giftiger Wasserschierling |
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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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? Aegopodium podagraria L., ground elder, Geißfuß |
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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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? Angelica sylvestris L., wild angelica, Gewöhnliche Wald-Engelwurz |
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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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? Peucedanum ostruthium (L.) W.D.J. Koch, masterwort, Meisterwurz |
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Fitch, Walter Hood.
Illustrations of the British Flora: London: Reeve, 1924.
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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.
Gough, J. V. (ed.).
"Some Old English Glosses." Anglia 92 (1974): 273-290.
Kitson, Peter.
"Two Old English Plant-Names and Related Matters'. English Studies 69 (1988): 97-112.
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Note in the DOE: "the word appears on the lower margin of fol. 21v of Oxford, Bodleian Libr. MS Ashmole 1431 [s.xii¹] with no visible sign of connection to any other Lat. or OE word".
"The word has previously been taken as Latin CEX" (DOE, s.v.). In a detailed analysis Kitson (1988,97-107) identifies the lemma as an OE plant name, but linking it to a distinct plant species is difficult. He bases his identification on the assumption that L CICUTA denotes a broad range of Umbelliferae: hemlock (Cicuta virosa L., Giftiger Wasserschierling), ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria L., Geißfuß), wild angelica (Angelica sylvestris L., Gewöhnliche Wald-Engelwurz), masterwort (Peucedanum ostruthium (L.) W.D.J. Koch, Meisterwurz) can all possibly be denoted by OE cex (the comment is valid for all other identifications, too).