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foxes clāte
noun,
f.,
n-decl.,
hapax legomenon
Type: plant
Last Update: 16.05.2011 10:40
References Last Update: 27.12.2022 10:09
Meaning Last Update: 28.07.2009 14:25
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A: plant: native
Arctium lappa L., greater burdock, Große Klette
Comment Last Update: 16.02.2010 13:36
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Comment on (A): Arctium lappa L., greater burdock, Große Klette
Occurrence Last Update: 28.07.2009 18:04
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Arctium lappa L., greater burdock, Große Klette |
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Botanical-Information: stylised plate Source: →reference-information
Fitch, Walter Hood.
Illustrations of the British Flora: London: Reeve, 1924.
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Research Literature
BW I:
Bierbaumer, Peter.
Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 1. Bern, Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 1975.
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.
Deegan, Marilyn.
A Critical Edition of MS. B.L. Royal 12.D.XVII: Bald's 'Leechbook'. Diss. Univ. of Manchester. 1988.
Hankins, Freda Richards.
Bald's 'Leechbook' Reconsidered. Diss. Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 1993.
MS London, British Library, Royal 12 D.xvii.
Wright, Cyril E. (ed.).
Bald's Leechbook. Early English manuscripts in facsimile. 5. Kopenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1955.
The OE name probably refers to the plant's habitat: the woods. Also cf. →wulfes-camb.