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broddian

verb, , , 2 occ.

Type: plant-related

Last Update: 21.04.2011 17:08

Reference Last Update: 18.10.2022 10:14

Meaning Last Update: 21.04.2011 17:05

  • A: plant-related
    -, sprout, to ~, sprießen
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Comment Last Update: 21.04.2011 17:07

  • Comment on (A): -, sprout, to ~, sprießen

    Cf. Napier (1900, n. on 1218): "Broddian is, no daubt, identical with the broddenn 'to shoot, sprout' in the Ormulum, 1.1076B to broddenn 7 to blomenn, and is an OE. formation from the ON. sb. broddr 'spike, spike of a plant'."

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Occurrences Last Update: 18.05.2009 06:27

  • AldVGo, 1265 LUXURIANS broddiende, tolcetende ł fleardiende ł
  • AldVNa, 1,1218 INDRUTICANS broddiende, ticgende, fleardiende, tolcetende
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Research Literature

AldVGo: Goossens, Louis. The Old English Glosses of 'MS. Brussels, Royal Library 1650'. (Aldhelm's De Laudibus Virginitatis) Edited with an introduction, notes and indexes. Klasse der Letteren. Verhandelingen. 36,74. Brussels: Paleis der Academien, 1974.
AldVNa: Napier, Arthur Sampson. Old English Glosses. Anecdota Oxoniensia, Mediaeval and Modern Series. 11. Reprint of Oxford, Clarendon Press 1900. Hildesheim: Olms, 1969.
BW III: Bierbaumer, Peter. Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 3. Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Las Vegas: Lang, 1979.
MS Brussels, Bibliotheque Royale, 1650.
MS Oxford, Bodleian, Digby 146.