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eoh-heoloþe

noun, f., n-decl., hapax legomenon

Type: plant

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References Last Update: 26.12.2022 19:31

Meaning Last Update: 10.05.2011 07:29

  • A: plant: introduced
    ? Inula helenium L., elecampane, Echter Alant
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Comment Last Update: 04.01.2011 17:53

  • Comment on (A): ? Inula helenium L., elecampane, Echter Alant

    Our identification follows Cockayne (1962,II,381, and BT, s.v.) and is based on the equation eh = eoh, i.e. 'horse-heoloþe'; cf. the Angl. eh (a flattening of eoh) 'horse, Pferd' (cf. Jordan 1967,96). In the LB ehheoloþe stands next to →hind-heoloþe (hind, 'hind, Hirschkuh') therefore assuming an animal name is most logical. Cf. OE hors-elene and ME horshele; also cf. Britten / Holland (1886,269): horseheele, horseheale.

    BTS (s.v.), ClH (s.v.), and Deegan (1988,393) regard the lemma as a spelling variant of →hēah-heoloþe.

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Occurrence Last Update: 29.06.2009 10:32

  • LB, 24/10f nsg ehheoloþe
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Etymology Last Update: 10.05.2011 07:29

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? Inula helenium L., elecampane, Echter Alant

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Botanical-Information: stylised plate

Source: →reference-information

Thomé, Otto Wilhelm. Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. In 4 Mappen ; 531 Tafeln in naturgetreuen Farben mit 668 Pflanzenarten. Leipzip: Teubner, 1938.

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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.
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.
Britten, James, and Robert Holland. A Dictionary of English Plant-Names. London: Trübner, 1886.
Cockayne, Oswald Thomas (ed.). Leechdoms, Wortcunning and Starcraft of Early England. 3 vols. with a New Introduction by Charles Singer. Rev. Ed. London: Holland Press, 1961.
Deegan, Marilyn. A Critical Edition of MS. B.L. Royal 12.D.XVII: Bald's 'Leechbook'. Diss. Univ. of Manchester. 1988.
Hankins, Freda Richards. Bald's 'Leechbook' Reconsidered. Diss. Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 1993.
Jordan, Richard. Die altenglischen Säugetiernamen. Anglistische Forschungen 12. Nachdruck der ausg. 1903. Amsterdam: Swets [u.] Zeitlinger, 1967.
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.