Galium_aparine_bd4_tafel_091

cliþ-wyrt, sēo smale

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

Type: plant

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Reference Last Update: 18.10.2022 14:29

Meaning Last Update: 24.04.2011 08:57

  • A: plant: native
    Galium aparine L., cleavers, Kletten-Labkraut
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Comment Last Update: 24.04.2011 08:58

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

    Cf. the note on the occurrence and Brodin (1950,201): "RUBEA MINOR is an herbe þat men cleputh clyuere or hayroue þis herbe hath leues lich to woderoue and þe seed wol hangy in a mannes clothes". RUBEA MINOR = G. aparine (cf. Brodin 150,290).

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Occurrence Last Update: 25.05.2009 06:16

  • LA, 170/28[1] asg þa smalan cliþwyrt
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Image Last Update: 24.04.2011 09:00

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.

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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.
Brodin, Gösta, (ed.). Agnus Castus. Edited with Introduction, Notes and Glossary. Essays and Studies on English Language and Literature 6. Uppsala: Almgvist & Wicksell, 1950.
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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Glossed RUBEA MINOR by a 13th century hand.