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Glechoma_hederacea_bd4_tafel_067

eorþ-īfig

noun, n., i-decl., 14 occ.

Type: plant

Last Update: 12.08.2011 14:12

Old-English: earþifign, eorþīfig, eordiuig, eorþīui, eorþifig, eorþiuig, eorþīui, eorthifig, eorthiuiz, eorðifig, eorðiuig, eorðiuiz, eorðiui, eorðyfig, eorþifies, eorðifies,

Latin (Machine generated): CAMIMELOS UEL CANNULEA .I., EDERA NIGRA.I., EDERE NIGRE, HEDERA NIGRA, TEREBINTUS,

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Reference Last Update: 22.11.2022 12:42

Meanings Last Update: 02.10.2009 09:16

  • A: plant: native
    Hedera heilix L., ivy, Gewöhnlicher Efeu
  • B: plant: native
    ? Glechoma hederaceum L., ground-ivy, Gewöhnlicher Gundermann
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Comments Last Update: 10.05.2011 09:50

  • Comment on (A): Hedera heilix L., ivy, Gewöhnlicher Efeu

    Cf. Stracke, n.374: "For CAMIMELOS and CANNULEA, take CAMELEON, which is in Latin glossaries an equivalent of HEDERA NIGRA". Cf. CGL 3,544,30: CAMILIA HEDERA NIGRA; 588,17: CAMILINCTUS HEDERA NIGRA; 609,10: CAMILIUNTUS IDEST EDERA NIGRA; 631, n.5: CAMELEON SIUE CAMILEONTIS IDEST EDERA NIGRA. The glosses seem to go back to a confusion with Gk χαμαικσσος, lat HEDERA TERRESTRIS, which is a synonym of HEDERA NIGRA. Cf. the Gk form in , e.g. CGL 3,558, 26: CAMECISTON HEDERA TERRANEA (cf. →eorþ-crop).

    The generally accepted translation of HEDERA NIGRA is H. heilix L. (cf. André 1985, s.v.), also cf. D'Aronco (1998,55) and the DOE, s.v.

  • Comment on (B): ? Glechoma hederaceum L., ground-ivy, Gewöhnlicher Gundermann

    Hunger (1935,168): ch. CI: HEDERA NIGRA = G. hederaceum; but cf. Laud 374 and 541 and the respective notes. The generally accepted translation of HEDERA NIGRA is H. heilix L. (cf. André 1985, s.v.). L TEREBINTUS = Pistacia terebinthus L., terebinth, Terpentinpistazie, Terpentinbaum; in my opinion the gloss is a 'guess' made by the glossator based on the following context: "QUASI TEREBINTUS E X T E N D I RAMOS MEOS" therefore 'ivy' and a wrong identification of TERE- as TERRAE.

    Lit. 'earth-ivy, Erdefeu' (cf. the NHG names Erdefeu, Grundefeu for G. hederaceum, Hegi 1906,V,2373), probably a loan translation of L HEDERA TERRESTRIS (= G. hederaceum, cf. Fischer 2001,270). The name refers to the creeping stem of the plant and also the leaves, which slightly resemble ivy leaves. (Hegi 1906,V,2373.)

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Occurrences Last Update: 28.10.2010 06:59

  • Br,WW, 299,1 HEDERA NIGRA eorþifig
  • C 36, Gough S.277 EDERE NIGRE eorþiuig
  • C21.1, Rit, 68, 16 TEREBINTUS earthifign ł
  • ClSt, H 73 HEDERA NIGRA wudubind, eorþigig[1]
  • Dur, 194 HEDERA NIGRA eorthifig
  • HA, C, 212/18[2] nsg Eorþ yfig
  • HA, C, 212/20f asg þe man HEDERAN NIGRAN 7 oþrum naman eorþifig nemneþ
  • HA, C, 40/19 nsg HEDERA NIGRA ƀ is eorþifig
  • LA, 168/24 asg eorþifig
  • Laud, 374 CAMIMELOS UEL CANNULEA .I. eorþIuiz
  • Laud, 541 EDERA NIGRA.I. eordiuig UEL CRISOCANTES.I. iuig. UEL wudebende
  • LB, 10/24 gsg eorþifies
  • LB, 75/7[3] gsg eorþifies
  • PD, 7/22[4] asg eorþjui
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Etymology Last Update: 12.08.2011 14:12

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Image Last Update: 12.08.2011 14:12

Hedera heilix L., ivy, Gewöhnlicher Efeu
Glechoma_hederacea_bd4_tafel_067

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

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BW III: Bierbaumer, Peter. Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 3. Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Las Vegas: Lang, 1979.
ClSt: Stryker, William Garlington. The Latin-Old English Glossary in MS Cotton Cleopatra A III. Unpubl. diss. Stanford Univ.: 1952.
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[1]:

WW eorþifig; probably Stryker"s error.

[2]:

MS B eorþiui.

[3]:

MS; Cockayne (1962,II,30) reads eorþifiges.

[4]:

L text (Löweneck 1896,6/13): EDERE TERRESTRIS.