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hare-hune, rēad steallet
noun,
f.,
n-decl.,
hapax legomenon
Type: plant
Last Update: 07.06.2011 09:26
Reference Last Update: 19.05.2022 17:34
Meanings Last Update: 16.05.2011 08:05
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A: plant: native
Lamium album L., white dead-nettle, Weiße Taubnessel -
B: plant: native
Lamium purpureum L., red dead-nettle, Rote Taubnessel -
C: plant: native
Origanum vulgare L., marjoram, Gewöhnlicher Dost -
D: plant: native
Thymus serpyllum L., breckland thyme, Sand-Thymian -
E: plant: native
Acinos arvensis (Lam.) Dandy, basil thyme, Feld-Steinquendel
Comments Last Update: 07.06.2011 09:21
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Comment on (A): Lamium album L., white dead-nettle, Weiße Taubnessel
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Comment on (B): Lamium purpureum L., red dead-nettle, Rote Taubnessel
If har- was not understood as a color term (cf. →hare-hune, hwīt) the plant name could have denoted several plants, for example L. purpureum, (cf. Biggam 1998,171).
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Comment on (C): Origanum vulgare L., marjoram, Gewöhnlicher Dost
Possible identification, if har- was not understood as a color term but as OE hære 'hairy' (cf. Biggam 1998,171).
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Comment on (D): Thymus serpyllum L., breckland thyme, Sand-Thymian
Possible identification, if har- was not understood as a color term but as OE hære 'hairy' (cf. Biggam 1998,171).
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Comment on (E): Acinos arvensis (Lam.) Dandy, basil thyme, Feld-Steinquendel
Possible identification, if har- was not understood as a color term but as OE hære 'hairy' (cf. Biggam 1998,171).
Occurrence Last Update: 03.11.2009 11:01
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Images Last Update: 07.06.2011 09:26
Lamium album L., white dead-nettle, Weiße Taubnessel |
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Botanical-Information: stylised plate
Fitch, Walter Hood.
Illustrations of the British Flora: London: Reeve, 1924.
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Lamium purpureum L., red dead-nettle, Rote Taubnessel |
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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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Origanum vulgare L., marjoram, Gewöhnlicher Dost |
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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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Thymus serpyllum L., breckland thyme, Sand-Thymian |
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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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Acinos arvensis (Lam.) Dandy, basil thyme, Feld-Steinquendel |
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Botanical-Information: stylised plate Source: →reference-information |
Research Literature
Based on the assumption that har- was correctly understood, this passage might be a description of white dead nettle, which has a general similarity to white hoarhound (cf. Biggam 1998,171).