ēa-docce

noun, f.?, n-decl.?, 2 occ.

Type: plant

Last Update: 06.05.2011 09:00

Old-English: eadocce, eadocca, eadoccan,

Latin (Machine generated): NIMPHEA,

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References Last Update: 27.12.2022 08:34

Meaning Last Update: 01.09.2009 09:59

  • A: plant: native
    Nuphar Sm., yellow pond lily, a species of ~, Mummel, eine Art von ~
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Comment Last Update: 06.05.2011 08:59

  • Comment on (A): Nuphar Sm., yellow pond lily, a species of ~, Mummel, eine Art von ~

    Cf. MED, s.v. ēdocke; ClH's reference (s.v. ēadocce) WW 116,16 has to be revised. Pettit (2001, XVIII) supports our identification based on the medical indications of waterlilly.

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Occurrences Last Update: 03.06.2009 06:45

  • AntK, 118,8 NIMPHEA eadocca
  • LA, 102/15f[1] gsg eadoccan
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Research Literature

AntK: Kindschi, Lowell. The Latin-Old English Glossaries in Planton-Moretus Manuscript 43 and British Museum Manuscript Additional 32,246. Unpubl. diss. Stanford University: 1955.
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.
ClH: Clark Hall, John Richard. A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary. 4th ed. MART 14. Cambridge: University Press, 1960.
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.
LA, Lor: Grattan, John Henry Grafton, and Charles Singer. Anglo-Saxon Magic and Medicine. London: Oxford Univ. Press, 1952.
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.
Grein, Christian-Wilhelm-Michael (ed.). Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie. Göttingen: Wigand, 1864.
MS London, British Library, Harley 585.
MS Antwerp, Plantin-Moretus Museum, 47.
MS London, British Library, Add. 32246.
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.
Storms, Godfrid (ed.). Anglo-Saxon Magic. Reprint of the 1948 ed. published by M. Nijhoff, The Hague. Norwood, Pa: Norwood Editions, 1975.
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Cont.: eadoccan moran, sece tha the fleotan wille. Not recorded in any dictionary before the DOE.