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Galium_aparine_bd4_tafel_091

clite, sēo lange

noun, f., n-decl., hapax legomenon

Type: plant

Last Update: 24.04.2011 08:42

Reference Last Update: 26.10.2023 18:23

Meanings Last Update: 28.07.2009 17:22

  • A: plant: native
    ? Galium aparine L., cleavers, Kletten-Labkraut
  • B: : native
    ? Arctium lappa L., greater burdock, Große Klette
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Comment Last Update: 28.07.2009 17:06

  • Comment on (A): ? Galium aparine L., cleavers, Kletten-Labkraut

    The literal meaning 'long burr' perfectly suits the long stems of G. aparine.

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Occurrence Last Update: 25.05.2009 06:14
  • LA, 120/19 asg þa lancg[an][1] cliton
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Images Last Update: 24.04.2011 08:42

? Galium aparine L., cleavers, Kletten-Labkraut
Galium_aparine_bd4_tafel_091

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.

? Arctium lappa L., greater burdock, Große Klette
Arctium_lappa_1924
Fitch, Walter Hood. Illustrations of the British Flora: London: Reeve, 1924.

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Research Literature

BW II: Bierbaumer, Peter. Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 2. Bern, Frankfurt am Main, München: Lang, 1976.
LA, Lor: Grattan, John Henry Grafton, and Charles Singer. Anglo-Saxon Magic and Medicine. London: Oxford Univ. Press, 1952.
LA: Cockayne, Oswald Thomas (ed.). "[Lacnunga] Recipies." 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. 2-81.
LB: Leonhardi, Günther. Kleinere angelsächsische Denkmäler I. Bibliothek der ags. Prosa VI. Hamburg: Grand, 1905.
Grein, Christian-Wilhelm-Michael (ed.). Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie. Göttingen: Wigand, 1864.
MS London, British Library, Harley 585.
Pettit, Edward, (ed. and trans.). Anglo-Saxon Remedies, Charms and Prayers from British Library MS Harley 585: the 'Lacnunga'. Vol. I: Introduction, Text, Translation, and Appendices. Vol. II: Commentary and Bibliography. Mellen Critical Editions and Translations. 6A and 6B. Lewiston, Queenston and Lampeter: Mellen, 2001.
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Grattan/Singer (1952,120,n.5): "lancgan: langan BT; lancge MS.CL, a very late scribal error."