crāwan-lēac

Old-English: cravelec, crawanleac, crāwlēac,

Latin (Machine generated): HERMODACTULA, HERMODACTULA ł TIDOLOSA, POLLOTEN, POLOTEN, TIDOLDSA,

• →lēac;

• A: plant: native
  Allium vineale L., crow garlic, Kochs Lauch
• B: plant: native
  Colchicum autumnale L., meadow saffron, Herbstzeitlose
• B: plant: foreign
  Crocus vernus ( L.) Hill., spring crocus, Frühlings-Krokus

• Comment on (A): Allium vineale L., crow garlic, Kochs Lauch

  ModE 'crow garlic' is the common name of Allium vineale L. (cf. Britten / Holland 1886, s.v.); see also Mowat (1887,176f.): "SCORDAM, i. alium agreste [...] an. wildelek, UEL crauwelek." SCORDAM = SCORDION = Allium L.

• Comment on (B): Colchicum autumnale L., meadow saffron, Herbstzeitlose

  According to Marzell[1] TIDOLOSA has been latinized from OLG (cf. LG tidelose). OHG zītilōsa (belongs to OHG zītelōs and means 'early, frühzeitig) and originally refers to crocus because of his early bloom (cf. Kluge 2002, s.v. Zeitlose); because of the similarity of the flowers the name '[Herbst-]Zeitlose' (meadow saffron) has been transferred to Colchicum autumnale L. (also cf.: Marzell 2000,1,1071f).

  L HERMODACTULA (cf. André 1985, s.v. HERMODACTYLUS) without doubt denotes Colchicum autumnale L., which has ALLIUM AGRESTE as an older name, just like Allium vineale L.

  POLLOTEN occurs in the HA (Cockayne 1961,I,66/1) POLLOTEN ƀ ys PORRUM NIGRUM and in "þe man POLLOTEN 7 oþrum naman PORRUM NIGRUM nemneþ (Cockayne 1961,I,310/4). The glosses which denote Allium species have been chosen because of L PORRUM (cf., for example, the old name PORRUM SILVESTRE for Allium vineale L.). PORRUM NIGRUM, though, is not a name of an Allium species but is a misinterpretation of Gk. μελανπράσιον (= Ballota nigra L., black horehound, Schwarzer Andorn): πράιον 'horehound,' 'Andorn' has been confused with πράον 'leek,' 'Lauch' (cf. André 1985, s.v. PORRUM); POLLOTEN might originate from Gk. βαλλωτή 'Andorn' (cf. Lindheim's note Dur 279).

• Etymology: OE Etymology-Comment:

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• Word-Formation: noun_gen/noun
• Word-Formation-Comment: crāwan-lēac is a noun(gen)/noun formation; crāwe-lēac is a different formations: noun(nom)/noun, but since both seem to have the same meaning, they are grouped together. Chronologically, crāwan-lēac is the older form (genitival compound), crāwe-lēac is a later shortenings, changing the genitival compound into a noun/noun compound. NN Belege!

• DOE: crāw-lēac. MED: croue. OED: crowleek
• Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Digital Edition