æscen

adjective, , , 2 occ.

Possible Types: plant-product, plant-related

Last Update: 21.04.2011 09:32

Old-English: æscenne,

Latin (Machine generated): LAGENA,

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Reference Last Update: 19.10.2022 11:24

Meanings Last Update: 26.02.2009 14:15

  • A: plant-product
    -, ash-wood, made from ~, Eschenholz, aus ~
  • B: plant-related
    -, ash-wood, vessle of~, Eschenholz, Gefäß aus~
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Comments Last Update: 13.05.2009 11:28

  • Comment on (A): -, ash-wood, made from ~, Eschenholz, aus ~

    For æscen as place name element cf. DOE, s.v.

  • Comment on (B): -, ash-wood, vessle of~, Eschenholz, Gefäß aus~

    L LAGENA = 'bottle, Flasche'; cf. Napier (1906,73).

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Occurrences Last Update: 21.04.2009 08:24

  • AntK, 84,5 LAGENA æscen
  • LB, 14/4 asg æscenne stæf
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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 I: Bierbaumer, Peter. Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 1. Bern, Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 1975.
BW III: Bierbaumer, Peter. Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 3. Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Las Vegas: Lang, 1979.
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.
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.
MS London, British Library, Royal 12 D.xvii.
MS Antwerp, Plantin-Moretus Museum, 47.
MS London, British Library, Add. 32246.
Napier, Arthur Sampson. Contributions to Old English Lexicography. Reprinted from the Philological Society's Transactions 1906. Hertford: Austin, 1906.
Wright, Cyril E. (ed.). Bald's Leechbook. Early English manuscripts in facsimile. 5. Kopenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1955.