Lamium_purpureum_bd4_tafel_062

hare-hune, rēad steallet

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

Type: plant

Last Update: 07.06.2011 09:26

Reference Last Update: 26.12.2022 20:28

Meanings Last Update: 16.05.2011 08:05

  • 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
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Comments Last Update: 07.06.2011 09:21

  • Comment on (A): Lamium album L., white dead-nettle, Weiße Taubnessel

    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).

  • 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).

  • 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).

  • 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).

  • 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).

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Occurrence Last Update: 03.11.2009 11:01

  • Med 5.8 (Cockayne) (B21.5.8), 11.6 nim readstalede harhuna
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Images Last Update: 07.06.2011 09:26

Lamium album L., white dead-nettle, Weiße Taubnessel

Lamium_album

Botanical-Information: stylised plate

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

Lamium purpureum L., red dead-nettle, Rote Taubnessel

Lamium_purpureum_bd4_tafel_062

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.

Origanum vulgare L., marjoram, Gewöhnlicher Dost

Origanum_vulgare_bd4_tafel_054

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.

Thymus serpyllum L., breckland thyme, Sand-Thymian

Thymus_serpyllum_bd4_tafel_055

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.

Acinos arvensis (Lam.) Dandy, basil thyme, Feld-Steinquendel

Acinos_arvensis_sturm52

Botanical-Information: stylised plate

Source: →reference-information

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Research Literature

Biggam, Carole P.. "Grey' in Old English: an Interdisciplinary Semantic Study. London: Runetree, 1998.
Cockayne, Oswald Thomas (ed.). Leechdoms, Wortcunning and Starcraft of Early England. 3 vols. with a New Introduction by Charles Singer. Rev. Ed. London: Holland Press, 1961.