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ēag-wyrt
noun,
f.,
i-decl.,
hapax legomenon
Type: plant
Last Update: 06.05.2011 09:10
Meaning Last Update: 01.09.2009 10:17
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A: plant: native
? Euphrasia officinalis L., eyebright, Augentrost
Comment Last Update: 06.05.2011 09:08
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Comment on (A): ? Euphrasia officinalis L., eyebright, Augentrost
Occurrence Last Update: 03.06.2009 06:45
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? Euphrasia officinalis L., eyebright, Augentrost |
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Botanical-Information: stylised plate Source: →reference-information
Kops, Jan.
Flora Batava. 2. Deel. Amsterdam: J. C. Sepp en Zoon, 1807.
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Research Literature
BW I:
Bierbaumer, Peter.
Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 1. Bern, Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 1975.
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.
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.
MS London, British Library, Royal 12 D.xvii.
Olds, Barbara M..
The Anglo-Saxon Leechbook III: A Critical Edition and Translation. Diss. Univ. of Denver. 1985.
Pollington, Stephen.
Leechcraft: Early English Charms, Plant Lore, and Healing. Hockwold-cum-Wilton: Anglo-Saxon Books, 2000.
Storms, Godfrid (ed.).
Anglo-Saxon Magic. Reprint of the 1948 ed. published by M. Nijhoff, The Hague. Norwood, Pa: Norwood Editions, 1975.
Wright, Cyril E. (ed.).
Bald's Leechbook. Early English manuscripts in facsimile. 5. Kopenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1955.
The identification is based on the ModE plant name eyebright (NHG 'Augentrost'). Because it is only recorded once, the identification is uncertain and what is more, in the LB the plant is not used to treat an eye complaint. The DOE also suggests 'dandelion' (cf. s.v.) which might be due to the fact that they treat →æg-wyrt as a variant of ēagwyrt, an issue Storms (1948,21) discusses too. Pollington (2000,110 and 118) suggests a writing error for →ēa-wyrt.