Betula_pendula_bd2_tafel_006

byrc

noun, f., n-decl., 22 occ.

Type: plant

Last Update: 21.04.2011 18:37

Old-English: berc (f. o-decl.), birce, birch, birciae, byrce, byric, byrc-, birc,

Latin (Machine generated): BETA, BETUICUS, BETULUS, BITULUS, POPULUS,

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References Last Update: 24.12.2022 17:40

Meaning Last Update: 21.04.2011 18:34

  • A: plant: native Several native species.
    Betula L., birch, a species of ~, Birke, eine Art von ~
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Comment Last Update: 22.03.2012 08:41

  • Comment on (A): Betula L., birch, a species of ~, Birke, eine Art von ~

    L BETA = Beta vulgaris L., beet, Rote Bete; the lemma is either a corrupted BETULA or the glossator confused BETA with BETULA (cf. Wynn 1961,359 and Pheifer 1974, note 132). L 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; additionally there is the shrub Betula nana L., dwarf birch, Zwerg-Birke.

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Occurrences Last Update: 29.04.2009 09:43

  • AntK, 123,3 POPULUS byrc
  • AntK, 128,14 BETULUS byrc
  • C 28, Na 56, 364 POPULUS byric
  • C 28, Na 56, 365 BETULUS byric
  • ClQu, 35,14 POPULUS birce
  • ClQu, 36,15 BETA birce
  • ClSt, B 158 BETULUS byrce
  • ClSt, B 76 BETA birce
  • ClSt, P 199 POPULUS byrce
  • Cp, 1633(P 507) POPULUS birce
  • Cp, 295(B 66) BETA berc ARBOR DICITUR
  • Cp, 308(B 111) BITULUS berc
  • D 20, Meritt 69, 10 BETUICUS[1] birce
  • D 25, f.145r, col.1/38 POPULUS byrc
  • D 25, f.145r, col.1/42 BETA birch
  • D 29, Ker Nr.371, b POPULUS byrc
  • Ep, 132 BETA berc ARB DICITUR
  • Ep, 792 POPULUS birciae
  • Erf, 132 BETA berc ARBOR DICITUR
  • Erf, 792 POPULUS birciae
  • LB, 27/11 asg bircean
  • Æ, 312,8 POPULUS byrc
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Images Last Update: 21.04.2011 18:37

Betula L., birch, a species of ~, Birke, eine Art von ~

Betula_nana

Botanical-Information: stylised plate

Fitch, Walter Hood. Illustrations of the British Flora: London: Reeve, 1924.

Betula L., birch, a species of ~, Birke, eine Art von ~

Betula_pubescens

Botanical-Information: stylised plate

Gräbner, Paul. Taschenbuch zum Pflanzenbestimmen. Stuttgart: Kosmos, Gesellschaft der Naturfreunde. Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung., 1918.

Betula L., birch, a species of ~, Birke, eine Art von ~

Betula_pendula_bd2_tafel_006

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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Research Literature

AldVNa: Napier, Arthur Sampson. Old English Glosses. Anecdota Oxoniensia, Mediaeval and Modern Series. 11. Reprint of Oxford, Clarendon Press 1900. Hildesheim: Olms, 1969.
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 I: Bierbaumer, Peter. Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 1. Bern, Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 1975.
BW III: Bierbaumer, Peter. Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 3. Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Las Vegas: Lang, 1979.
ClQu: Quinn, John Joseph. The Minor Latin-Old English Glossaries in MS Cotton Cleopatra A III. Diss Stanford U. 1956.
ClSt: Stryker, William Garlington. The Latin-Old English Glossary in MS Cotton Cleopatra A III. Unpubl. diss. Stanford Univ.: 1952.
Cp: Hessels, John Henry. An Eighth-Century Latin Anglo-Saxon Glossary. Cambridge: Univ. Press, 1890.
Cp: Lindsay, Wallace Martin. The Corpus Glossary. Cambridge: Univ. Press, 1921.
Cp: Wynn, J. B. An Edition of the Anglo-Saxon Corpus Glosses. Unpubl. Diss. Oxford: 1961.
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.
Ep, Erf: Pheifer, J.D. (ed.). Old English Glosses in the Epinal-Erfurt Glossary. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1974.
Ep: Brown, Alan Kelsey. The Epinal Glossary edited with Critical Commentary of the Vocabulary. Vol. I: Edition. Vol. II: Commentary. Diss., Stanford University. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1969.
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.
WW, Prosp, Br: Wright, Thomas. Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies. 2nd ed. by Richard Paul Wülcker. Reprint of the 1884 ed. published by Trübner, London. Vol. 1: Vocabularies. Vol. 2: Indices. New York: Gordon, 1976.
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.
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MS Antwerp, Plantin-Moretus Museum, 47.
MS Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, Nouv.Acq.Lat. 586.
MS London, British Library, Add. 32246.
MS Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 144.
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Sauer, Hans. "Old English Plant-Names in the Epinal-Erfurt Glossary: Etymology, Word-Formation and Semantics." In: _Words, Lexemes, Concepts - approaches to the lexicon. Studies in honour of Leonhard Lipka._ Ed. Wolfgang Falkner and Hans-Jörg Schmidt. Tübingen: Narr, 1999. 23-38.
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