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coþu-wyrt

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

Last Update: 14.05.2012 17:44

Old-English: coþewyrt, cothevyrt,

Latin (Machine generated): OLEOTROPIUS,

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Reference Last Update: 29.12.2022 09:09

Meaning Last Update: 08.04.2008 12:57

  • A:
    -, unsolved, ungeklärt
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Comment Last Update: 24.04.2011 13:51

  • Comment on (A): -, unsolved, ungeklärt

    Cf. Lindheim's notes on Dur 255 and MED, s.v. coth-wǒrt. The DOE notes: "Lat. equiv. in MS: HELIOTROPIUM (cf. Latham [1997] OLIOTROPIUM s.v. HELIACUS ORTUS)." OE coþu rather unspecific denotes 'illness, disease; Krankheit'. The second gloss is →oxna-lyb: ?? Helleborus foetidus L., stinking hellebore, Stinkende Nieswurz based on an identification by Cockayne (1962,II,341).

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Occurrence Last Update: 26.05.2009 06:38
  • Dur, 255 OLEOTROPIUS oxnalib UEL cothevyrt
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Research Literature

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.
Dur: Lindheim, B. von. Das Durhamer Pflanzenglossar. Beiträge zur englischen Philologie. 35. Bochum-Langendreer: Pöppinghaus, 1941.
MS Durham, Cathedral, Hunter 100.