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mersc-mear-gylle
noun,
f.,
n-decl.,
hapax legomenon
Type: plant
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Reference Last Update: 19.10.2022 02:25
Meaning Last Update: 16.02.2010 10:18
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A: plant: native
? Gentiana pneumonanthe L., marsh gentian, Lungen-Enzian
Comment Last Update: 16.02.2010 10:23
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Comment on (A): ? Gentiana pneumonanthe L., marsh gentian, Lungen-Enzian
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? Gentiana pneumonanthe L., marsh gentian, Lungen-Enzian |
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Fitch, Walter Hood.
Illustrations of the British Flora: London: Reeve, 1924.
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Research Literature
BW II:
Bierbaumer, Peter.
Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 2. Bern, Frankfurt am Main, München: Lang, 1976.
LA, Lor:
Grattan, John Henry Grafton, and Charles Singer.
Anglo-Saxon Magic and Medicine. London: Oxford Univ. Press, 1952.
LA:
Cockayne, Oswald Thomas (ed.).
"[Lacnunga] Recipies." 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. 3. Rev. Ed. by Charles Singer. London: Holland Press, 1961. 2-81.
LB:
Leonhardi, Günther.
Kleinere angelsächsische Denkmäler I. Bibliothek der ags. Prosa VI. Hamburg: Grand, 1905.
Grein, Christian-Wilhelm-Michael (ed.).
Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie. Göttingen: Wigand, 1864.
MS London, British Library, Harley 585.
Pettit, Edward, (ed. and trans.).
Anglo-Saxon Remedies, Charms and Prayers from British Library MS Harley 585: the 'Lacnunga'. Vol. I: Introduction, Text, Translation, and Appendices. Vol. II: Commentary and Bibliography. Mellen Critical Editions and Translations. 6A and 6B. Lewiston, Queenston and Lampeter: Mellen, 2001.
Pollington, Stephen.
Leechcraft: Early English Charms, Plant Lore, and Healing. Hockwold-cum-Wilton: Anglo-Saxon Books, 2000.
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Not recorded in BT(SC); cf. BT, s.v. merscmeargealla.
The form OE -mergylle instead of -mergelle, -mergealla can be explained analogue to curmille for →curmealle. Pollington (2000,139) suggests "Althea officinalis, presumably the same plant as merscmealue."