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box

noun, m., a-decl., 11 occ.

Type: plant

Last Update: 21.04.2011 08:56

Old-English: (n.?), bixen, byxen, boxe, boxa,

Latin (Machine generated): BELSARUM, BOXUS, BUXUS, BUX[US], PIXIS,

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References Last Update: 23.11.2022 10:12

Meanings Last Update: 21.04.2011 08:56

  • A: plant: native
    Buxus sempervirens L., box-tree, Europäischer Buchsbaum
  • A:
    -, box made from the wood of Buxus sempervirens L., Büchse aus dem Holz von Buxus sempervirens L.
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Comment Last Update: 28.11.2011 10:33

  • Comment on (A): Buxus sempervirens L., box-tree, Europäischer Buchsbaum

    Etymology: L BUXUS.

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Occurrences Last Update: 07.07.2009 07:32

  • AntK, 127,2 BUXUS box
  • AntK, 86,8 PIXIS[1] bixenbox[2]
  • C 28, Na 56, 351 BUXUS box
  • Ch 412 (B15.8.123), 47 of ðam treowe to ðere wican æt þam boxe. of þam boxe to ðære gemearcodan æc.
  • Cp, 343 (B 198) BUX[US] box
  • HlOl, B 148[3] BELSARUM þyfela UEL boxa
  • LB, 87/5 asg Wiþ þam ilcan eft ellenes blosman genim 7 gegnid 7 gemeng wiþ hunig 7 gedo on box
  • PD, 37/9 asg do in ane boxs
  • Æ, (F) 312,2f BOXUS box
  • Æ, 312,2f BUXUS box
  • ÆGram (B1.9.1), 20.18 HAEC BUXUS þis boxtreow, HOC BOXUM forcorfen box[4]
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Etymology Last Update: 21.04.2011 08:56

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  • Word-Formation:
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Image Last Update: 21.04.2011 08:56

Buxus sempervirens L., box-tree, Europäischer Buchsbaum
Buxus_sempervirens_bd3_tafel_019

Botanical-Information: stylised plate

Source: →reference-information

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 II: Bierbaumer, Peter. Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 2. Bern, Frankfurt am Main, München: Lang, 1976.
BW III: Bierbaumer, Peter. Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 3. Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Las Vegas: Lang, 1979.
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.
Hl: Oliphant, Robert Thompson. The Harley Latin-Old English Glossary. Edited from British Museum MS Harley 3376, Janua Linguarum, Series Practica XX. The Hague: Mouton, 1966.
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.
PD: Löweneck, Max (ed.). Peri Didaxeon. Erlanger Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 12. Erlangen: Junge, 1896.
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.
Cockayne, Oswald Thomas (ed.). "Peri Didaxeon." 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. 82-143.
Deegan, Marilyn. A Critical Edition of MS. B.L. Royal 12.D.XVII: Bald's 'Leechbook'. Diss. Univ. of Manchester. 1988.
MS London, British Library, Royal 12 D.xvii.
MS Oxford, St John's College, 154.
MS Antwerp, Plantin-Moretus Museum, 47.
MS London, British Library, Add. 32246.
MS Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 144.
MS London, British Library, Cotton Faustina A.x.
MS London, British Library, Harley 3376.
Sanborn, Linda (ed.). An Edition of British Library MS. Harley 6258B: Peri Didaxeon. Diss. Ottawa: University of Ottawa, 1983.
Wright, Cyril E. (ed.). Bald's Leechbook. Early English manuscripts in facsimile. 5. Kopenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1955.
Æ: Zupitza, Julius (ed.). Ælfrics Grammatik und Glossar. 4., unveränd. Aufl. / mit einer Einl. von Helmut Gneuss - Nachdr. der 1. Aufl., Berlin, [Weidmann], 1880. Hildesheim: Weidmann, 2003.
[1]:

Cf. Klotz, s.v.: PYXIS "Büchse", in fact made of box-wood, later of other materials (cf. Georges, 2007, s.v.).

[2]:

WW bixen box.

[3]:

Does probably not belong here, cf. s.v. *bosc.

[4]:

Note in the DOE: "‘cut down box-tree’; has also been taken as ‘carved box’".