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Mentha_pulegium

brōþor-wyrt

noun, f., , hapax legomenon

Type: plant

Last Update: 06.07.2014 22:06

Old-English: broþerwyrt, broðerwyrt,

Latin (Machine generated): POLLEGIA,

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Reference Last Update: 23.11.2022 14:34

Meaning Last Update: 06.07.2014 22:06

  • A: plant: native
    Mentha pulegium L., pennyroyal, Poleiminze
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Comment Last Update: 22.03.2012 08:13

  • Comment on (A): Mentha pulegium L., pennyroyal, Poleiminze

    A hapax legomenon in OE but documented for ME and ModE in same or similar meaning (cf. MED, s.v. brother-wǒrt , OED, s.v. brotherwort).

    Etymology: We can't think of any reason for the name 'brotherwort, Bruderkraut'.

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Occurrence Last Update: 18.05.2009 06:38
  • Br,WW, 300,24 POLLEGIA broþerwyrt , hælwyrt, dweorges dwostle
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Image Last Update: 06.07.2014 22:06

Mentha pulegium L., pennyroyal, Poleiminze
Mentha_pulegium

Botanical-Information: stylised plate

Source: →reference-information

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

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Research Literature

Br: Logeman, Henri. "Zu Wright-Wülker I, 204-303." Archiv 85 (1890): 316-318.
BW III: Bierbaumer, Peter. Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 3. Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Las Vegas: Lang, 1979.
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.
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.
MS Brussels, Bibliotheque Royale, 1828-30.