printpise-cynn
noun,
n.,
a-decl.,
hapax legomenon
Type: plant-part
Last Update: 06.09.2010 16:05
Meaning Last Update: 24.10.2008 09:43
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A: plant-part
-, peas, different kinds of, Erbsen-Arten, verschiedene
Comment Last Update: 29.07.2011 15:36
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Comment on (A): -, peas, different kinds of, Erbsen-Arten, verschiedene
Research Literature
BW I:
Bierbaumer, Peter.
Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 1. Bern, Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 1975.
LB:
Cockayne, Oswald Thomas (ed.).
"Leech Book." 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. 2. Rev. Ed. by Charles Singer. London: Longman [et. al.], 1961. 1-360.
LB:
Leonhardi, Günther.
Kleinere angelsächsische Denkmäler I. Bibliothek der ags. Prosa VI. Hamburg: Grand, 1905.
Deegan, Marilyn.
A Critical Edition of MS. B.L. Royal 12.D.XVII: Bald's 'Leechbook'. Diss. Univ. of Manchester. 1988.
MS London, British Library, Royal 12 D.xvii.
Wright, Cyril E. (ed.).
Bald's Leechbook. Early English manuscripts in facsimile. 5. Kopenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1955.
[1]:
BT, s.v. pise-cynn cite "pysecynn". In contrast cf. 58/20: pysena cyn.
On 57/25 (sum pyse cyn hatte lenticulas) cf. s.v. lenticulas. Also cf. 58/20 pysena cyn (napl.), which seems to refer to several pea species or legumes.