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ferd-wyrt
noun,
f.,
i-decl.,
hapax legomenon
Type: plant
Last Update: 13.05.2011 08:15
References Last Update: 26.12.2022 21:21
Meaning Last Update: 05.10.2009 09:32
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A: plant: native
Gentianella amarella (L.) Börner, autumn gentian, Bitterer Fransenenzian
Comment Last Update: 13.05.2011 08:12
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Comment on (A): Gentianella amarella (L.) Börner, autumn gentian, Bitterer Fransenenzian
Occurrence Last Update: 22.07.2009 05:56
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Image Last Update: 13.05.2011 08:15
Gentianella amarella (L.) Börner, autumn gentian, Bitterer Fransenenzian |
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Botanical-Information: stylised plate Source: →reference-information |
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.
Britten, James, and Robert Holland.
A Dictionary of English Plant-Names. London: Trübner, 1886.
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.
Wright, Cyril E. (ed.).
Bald's Leechbook. Early English manuscripts in facsimile. 5. Kopenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1955.
The identification is based on the assumption that ferdwyrt is a writing error for feldwyrt (cf. DOE, s.v.). The name 'field wort' is too general to be the primary name of a plant: it might be a folk etymological formation of *felwyrt (cf. ModE felwort, Britten / Holland 1886,178), formed from L FEL ('gall, Galle') and OE wyrt. Cf. →eorþ-gealla which is a loan translation of FEL TERRAE.