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æsc-þrote

noun, f., n-decl., 31 occ.

Type: plant

Last Update: 20.10.2011 08:57

Old-English: aescdrotae, aescthrotae, aescþrote, æsc-þrote, æsc-þrotu, eascthrote, escþrote, æscðrote, aescðrote, æscþrotan,

Latin (Machine generated): ANNUOSA, FEROLA, FERULA, FERULA .I. HARUNDO. UIRGULA UEL NOMEN HOLERIS, FERUTELA UEL FERULA, FURULA, IEROBOTANIM, UERMENACA, VERMENACA,

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Reference Last Update: 13.05.2022 12:41

Meanings Last Update: 20.10.2011 08:57

  • A: plant: native
    ? Verbena officinalis L., vervain, Echtes Eisenkraut
  • B: plant: introduced Clapham (1962,520): probably introduced and cultivated as pot-herb, not very well naturalised. Kitson (1988,107): "probably native, but native distribution sparse enough for it to have also been imported." Stace (1997,504) "probably always introduced".
    ? Aegopodium podagraria L., ground-elder, Geißfuß
  • C: plant: introduced
    ? Anchusa officinalis L., alkanet, Gewöhnliche Ochsenzunge
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Comments Last Update: 20.10.2011 09:39

  • Comment on (A): ? Verbena officinalis L., vervain, Echtes Eisenkraut

    One of three possible identifications; based on HA IV: þeos wyrt þe man UERMENACAM 7 oþrum naman æschrote nemneþ (Cockayne 1961,I,90); also cf. Fischer (2001,288): "Verbena officinalis L. [...] VERMENACA, VERMINACA." According to Cockayne (1961,II,368) the corresponding illustration of HA shows V. officinalis, too. This meaning is corroborated by several glosses: cf. for example Dur 203 (IEROBOTANIM eascthrote); for HIEROBOTANE, i.e. V. officinalis, cf. André (1985, s.v.), and cf. Hunger (1935,167): VERMINATIA = Verbena officinalis and his note on HA IV,216/11.

    Etymology: Holthausen (1974,s.v.): "æsc [...] 2. 'Äsche'(Fisch) in æscþrote, -u f. 'Eisenkraut', zu ahd. asco", and "þrote, -u f. 'Kehle'". Like Förster's (1917,132) translation 'grayling's head, Äschenkopf' Holthausen's interpretation is problematic because an OE fish name +æsc is not recorded anywhere and a relation can only be deduced from NHG: "Äsche [...] Flußfisch Thymallus vulgaris, mhd. asche, ahd. asco m. aus idg. +oskon- im Ablaut mit idg. +esok 'Lachs'" (cf. Kluge 1967, s.v.). Moreover, it is unintelligible why a plant is compared to a 'grayling' when various other, more common fishes (salmon, Lachs, OE leax, Salmo salar; or herring, OE hǣring, Clupea harengus[1]) also have a straight, funnel shaped gullet.

  • Comment on (B): ? Aegopodium podagraria L., ground-elder, Geißfuß

    One of three possible identifications; based on glosses: 8th c.: FERULA, æscþrote (WW 21/44); 11th c.: FERULA, æscþo­te (WW 298/20), etc. Cockayne (1961,II,368f.) suggests: "æscþrotu [...] 3. Goutweed, aegopodium podagraria [...] This plant I take to be meant by the FERULA [...] The Ferula communis or fennel giant, is not a native of England [...] This aegopodium is often called angelica, and the angelicas are also large and hollow. 'Throat' seems to imply hollowness, and 'Ash' either size or similar leaves." Being not native to the British Isles Ferula communis L., giant fennel, Riesenfenchel, Steckenkraut[2] has been substituted by Aegopodium podagraria L., which is similar in appearance; also cf. a gloss of the 10th cent.: FERULA, I. HARUNDO, UIRGULA, UEL NOMEN HOLERIS, æscþrote (WW 236/40).[3] This identification is not possible for HA but Pettit (2001, glossary, s.v.) uses it for the LA.

    Etymology: The plant name can only have referred to a plant's long, hollow stem, like the stem of A. podagraria. The leaves of this plant resemble the leaves of the ash. Therefore a relation to the plan name →æsc (1) is most likely. We cannot determine what the relation to V. officinalis or A. officinalis could be.

  • Comment on (C): ? Anchusa officinalis L., alkanet, Gewöhnliche Ochsenzunge

    One of three possible identifications; based on glosses: WW 134/17 (Förster 1917,132): ANNUOSA æscþrotu; Dur 30: ANNUOSA eascthrote. Förster comments on these glosses: "An beiden stellen ist annuosa offenbar verderbt aus ancusa, d.i. lat. anchusa [...], welches eine fär­berpflanze 'ochsenzunge' [...] bezeichnete." (In both occurrences ANNUOSA seems to be a corrupted ANCUSA, i.e. L ANCHUSA, which denotes the dyeing plant 'alkanet'.) In HA CI æscþote translates the ANCHUSA of the L original (cf. Cockayne 1961,II,368).

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Occurrences Last Update: 21.04.2009 08:42

  • AntFö, 132,205 ANNUOSA æscþrotu
  • Br,WW, 298,20 FERULA æscðrote
  • ClSt, F 154 FURULA æscþrote
  • ClSt, F 414 FERULA æscþrote
  • Cp, 881 (F 138) FERULA aescðrote
  • D 11, f.7r, col.3 FURULA æscþrote
  • D 11, f.8r, col.1 FERULA æscþrote
  • Dur, 171 FERUTELA UEL FERULA eascthrote
  • Dur, 203 IEROBOTANIM eascthrote
  • Dur, 30 ANNUOSA eascthrote
  • Ep, 450 FERULA aescthrotae
  • Erf, 450 FEROLA aescdrotae
  • HA, IV, 216/11[4] asg æscþrote
  • HA, IV, 8/1 nsg UERMENACA þæt is æscþrotu[5]
  • HA, IV, 90/1 nsg æscþrote
  • HA, IV, 90/3 asg oðrum naman æscþrote nemneð
  • HlOl, F 203[6] FERULA .I. HARUNDO. UIRGULA UEL NOMEN HOLERIS æscþrote
  • LA, 110/12 nsg æscðrote
  • LA, 148/4 nsg æscðrote
  • Laud, 1501 VERMENACA escþrote
  • LB, 108/17 asg æscþrotan
  • LB, 109/22 gsg æscþrotan
  • LB, 12/20 nsg æscþrotu
  • LB, 20/41 nsg æscþrote
  • LB, 30/22 nsg æscþrote
  • LB, 30/25 asg æscþrotan
  • LB, 33/15 asg æscþrotan
  • LB, 37/11 nsg æscþrotu
  • LB, 47/15 asg æscþrotan
  • LB, 82/27 nsg æscþrotu
  • LB, 96/28f gsg æscþrotan
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Etymology Last Update: 20.10.2011 08:57

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  • Word-Formation:
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Images Last Update: 20.10.2011 08:57

? Verbena officinalis L., vervain, Echtes Eisenkraut
Verbena_officinalis_bd4_tafel_070

Botanical-Information: stylised plate

Source: Thomé, Otto Wilhelm: Flora ...

? Aegopodium podagraria L., ground-elder, Geißfuß
Aegopodium_podagraria_bd3_tafel_053

Botanical-Information: stylised plate

Source: Thomé, Otto Wilhelm: Flora ...

? Anchusa officinalis L., alkanet, Gewöhnliche Ochsenzunge
Anchusa_officinalis_img_9755

Botanical-Information: stylised plate

Source: Flora Batava of Afbeelding ...

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[1]:

Cf. Köhler (1906,43 and 53).

[2]:

"Der dürre Stengel der Ferula-Pflanze diente im Altertum als Zuchtrute für Schüler" (Hegi, 1906,V,1354: The dried stalk of the FERULA plant was used as rod to punish pupils in ancient times). Also cf. the legend according to which Prometheus transported the fire he stole in heaven down to earth in a hollow stalk of the FERULA (Hegi, 1906,V,1355).

[3]:

L HOLUS "Gemüse"; young leaves, leave stalks, and stalks of A. podagraria provide tender wild vegetables or lettuce (cf. Hegi 1906,V,1215).

[4]:

Ch. CI; cont.: Gif hwa forbærned sy genim þas ylcan wyrte serpyllum 7 æscþrote ænnewrid; Hunger (1935,155): AD COMBUSTUM. HERBARM SERPULLUM ET ANCUSAE SURCULUM UNCIAM.

[5]:

Toc: HERBA UERMENACA ƀ is æscþrotu; since each chapter heading starts with "HERBA" we omit it on purpose.

[6]:

Oliphant has æscþrote; cf. review by Schabram (1968,495-500).