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Cf. Laud 552: ERINGIUS.I. CARDO ROTUNDUS UEL CALCATREPA. HERACLEA is polysemous (cf. André 1985, s.v.) but none of the possible identificatio goes with a thistle species. On RAMNUS cf. →þēfan-þorn.
According to HEW (cf. s.v.) literally 'colt's trap, Füllenfalle'; the word is a secondary motivated by OE colt 'colt, Fohlen'.
Centaurea calcitrapa L., red star-thistle, Sternflockenblume |
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Kops, Jan.
Flora Batava. 2. Deel. Amsterdam: J. C. Sepp en Zoon, 1807.
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Eryngium maritimum L., sea-holly, See-Mannstreu |
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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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Cf. Rusche 1996, 678: "The related glosses of Ep and Cp only have þefanporn".
Cf. Gamillscheg (1997, s.v. chausse-trape (2. 'Sterndistel')): "12. Jh. cachatrepe [...] geht [...] auf ein in Glossen belegtes CALCATRIPPA zurück, das selbst in doppelt imperativischer Form zu CALCARA 'treten' [...] gehört." Also cf. Laud 70: ANCUSA .I. FLORE CALCATREPA; ANCUSA is an old name for C. calcitrapa (Marzell 2000,1,872).