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ēa-crop

noun, m., a-decl., hapax legomenon

Last Update: 06.05.2011 08:52

Reference Last Update: 22.11.2022 08:34

Meaning Last Update: 04.04.2008 14:54

  • A:
    -, unsolved, ungeklärt
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Comment Last Update: 01.09.2009 09:37

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

    The L lemma is a form of Gk χαμαίπιτυς (lit. 'ground spruce. Erdfichte'), Ajuga chamaepitys (L.) Schreb., ground-pine, Gelber Günsel; cf. →hænep; but the denoting ēa 'water-, Wasser- does not go with this plant identification. Therefore I suspect that eacrop is erroneous for →eorþ-crop, which occurs two glosses before in Dur 83: CAMELON eorþcrop. The DOE suggests: "perhaps (water) germander, ground pine or hemp".

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Occurrence Last Update: 03.06.2009 06:44
  • Dur, 85 CAMEPITUM eacrop
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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.