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hersia

noun, m., , hapax legomenon

Type: plant

Last Update: 29.06.2011 09:47

Meaning Last Update: 27.02.2010 12:20

  • A: plant: introduced
    Panicum miliaceum L., common millet, Echte Hirse
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Comment Last Update: 29.06.2011 09:46

  • Comment on (A): Panicum miliaceum L., common millet, Echte Hirse

    Cf. BT, s.v. The reading of this passage is highly disputed (cf. our footnote): although it is the only written transmission Schlutter sees the passage as evidence for millet cultivation in Anglo-Saxon England (cf. Bonser 1963,432,n.3); Hagen (1995,26) discusses millet and doubtfully refers to this passage and D'Aronco (2008,101) cites it without commenting on the problematic reading.

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Occurrence Last Update: 27.02.2010 12:24
  • MCharm 1 (A43.1), 0016 (51) sceafta hehra, scirra wæstma[1]
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Research Literature

Bonser, Wilfrid. The Medical Background of Anglo-Saxon England. London: Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1963.
D'Aronco, Maria Amalia. "Gardens on Vellum: Plants and Herbs in Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts." In: _Health and Healing from the Medieval Garden._ Eds. Peter Dendle and Alain Touwaide. Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 2008. 101-127.
Dobbie, Elliott Van Kirk.. The Anglo-Saxon Minor Poems. Reprint of New York 1942. The Anglo-Saxon poetic records. 6. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1985.
Hagen, Ann. A Second Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Food & Drink: Production & Distribution. First publ. 1995. Hock-wold cum Wilton, Norf.: Anglo-Saxon Books, 1995.
Storms, Godfrid (ed.). Anglo-Saxon Magic. Reprint of the 1948 ed. published by M. Nijhoff, The Hague. Norwood, Pa: Norwood Editions, 1975.
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Cf. Bonser (1963,432,n.3): "Reading (with Hoops and Kluge) scira herse wæstma, and not (with the MS. and as printed by Cockayne) henre scira wæstma"