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Cinnamomum_zeylanicum

cymen (2)

noun, nm., a-decl., 4 occ.

Type: plant

Last Update: 25.04.2011 13:14

Old-English: cvmin, cymen, cymin,

Latin (Machine generated): CINAMOMUM, CINNAMOMUM,

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Reference Last Update: 25.12.2022 17:44

Meaning Last Update: 21.08.2009 10:44

  • A: plant: foreign
    Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume, ceylon cinnamon, Ceylon-Zimtbaum
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Comment Last Update: 27.04.2011 13:00

  • Comment on (A): Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume, ceylon cinnamon, Ceylon-Zimtbaum

    On the L lemma cf. →rind, sūþerne. Schlutter (1913,49) regards the Corpus gloss for an erroneous CINIMIN 'cinnamon, Zimt', while Wynn (1961,866), more convincingly, sees it as a wrong gloss: "Most probably OE cymin was introduced because of its general similarity in form to Lat. CINNAMOMUM, particularly if we assume that the glossator was thinking of the shortened form CINNAMUM." Petitt (2001,CLXX,988) cites Stracke who states that if L CINNAMOMUM is not translated as sūþerne rind it denoted Cuminum cyminum. RESINA 'resin, Harz' does not match 'cinnamom, Zimt'.

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Occurrences Last Update: 21.10.2010 06:46

  • Br,WW, 297,19 CINNAMOMUM cymen
  • Cp, 489(C 437) CINNAMOMUM cymin[1], RESINA
  • LA, 194/18 nsg cymen[2]
  • Laud, 295 CINAMOMUM cvmin
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Image Last Update: 25.04.2011 13:14

Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume, ceylon cinnamon, Ceylon-Zimtbaum
Cinnamomum_zeylanicum

Botanical-Information: stylised plate

Source: →reference-information

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Research Literature

Br: Logeman, Henri. "Zu Wright-Wülker I, 204-303." Archiv 85 (1890): 316-318.
BW II: Bierbaumer, Peter. Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 2. Bern, Frankfurt am Main, München: Lang, 1976.
BW III: Bierbaumer, Peter. Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 3. Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Las Vegas: Lang, 1979.
Cp: Hessels, John Henry. An Eighth-Century Latin Anglo-Saxon Glossary. Cambridge: Univ. Press, 1890.
Cp: Lindsay, Wallace Martin. The Corpus Glossary. Cambridge: Univ. Press, 1921.
Cp: Wynn, J. B. An Edition of the Anglo-Saxon Corpus Glosses. Unpubl. Diss. Oxford: 1961.
LA, Lor: Grattan, John Henry Grafton, and Charles Singer. Anglo-Saxon Magic and Medicine. London: Oxford Univ. Press, 1952.
Laud: Stracke, J. Richard (ed.). The Laud Herbal Glossary. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1974.
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.
WW, Prosp, Br: Wright, Thomas. Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies. 2nd ed. by Richard Paul Wülcker. Reprint of the 1884 ed. published by Trübner, London. Vol. 1: Vocabularies. Vol. 2: Indices. New York: Gordon, 1976.
Grein, Christian-Wilhelm-Michael (ed.). Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie. Göttingen: Wigand, 1864.
MS London, British Library, Harley 585.
MS Brussels, Bibliotheque Royale, 1828-30.
MS Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 144.
MS Oxford, Bodleian, Laud Misc. 567.
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.
Schlutter, Otto B.. "Weitere Beiträge zur ae. Wortforschung." Anglia 37 (1913): 41-53.
[1]:

N.: "The OE word cymin added above lemma by a corrector."

[2]:

According to Pettit (2001,CLXX,988) the L source for this occurrence has CYNAMONO.