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gallengar
noun,
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hapax legomenon
Type: plant
Last Update: 23.05.2011 13:02
Meaning Last Update: 15.10.2009 10:07
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A: plant: foreign
? Alpinia officinarum Hance, lesser galangal, Galgant
Comment Last Update: 23.05.2011 12:39
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Comment on (A): ? Alpinia officinarum Hance, lesser galangal, Galgant
Etymology Last Update: 23.05.2011 13:02
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? Alpinia officinarum Hance, lesser galangal, Galgant |
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Botanical-Information: stylised plate Source: →reference-information
Pabst, Gustav (ed.).
Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen und kurz erläuterndem Texte. Reprint von Ausz. aus d. Gesamtw. nach d. dreibd. Orig.-Ausg. Gera-Untermhaus, Köhler, 1887, 1889 und 1898. Hannover: Schäfer, 1997.
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Research Literature
BW II:
Bierbaumer, Peter.
Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 2. Bern, Frankfurt am Main, München: Lang, 1976.
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.
LA, Lor:
Grattan, John Henry Grafton, and Charles Singer.
Anglo-Saxon Magic and Medicine. London: Oxford Univ. Press, 1952.
LA:
Cockayne, Oswald Thomas (ed.).
"[Lacnunga] Recipies." 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. 3. Rev. Ed. by Charles Singer. London: Holland Press, 1961. 2-81.
LB:
Leonhardi, Günther.
Kleinere angelsächsische Denkmäler I. Bibliothek der ags. Prosa VI. Hamburg: Grand, 1905.
Grein, Christian-Wilhelm-Michael (ed.).
Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie. Göttingen: Wigand, 1864.
MS London, British Library, Harley 585.
Pettit, Edward, (ed. and trans.).
Anglo-Saxon Remedies, Charms and Prayers from British Library MS Harley 585: the 'Lacnunga'. Vol. I: Introduction, Text, Translation, and Appendices. Vol. II: Commentary and Bibliography. Mellen Critical Editions and Translations. 6A and 6B. Lewiston, Queenston and Lampeter: Mellen, 2001.
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MS C: gallengar; L: gallengra; Cont.: þonne do þu pipor 7 sidewar[an], gallengar 7 gingifre 7 rinde 7 lawerbergean 7 pyretran.
Not recorded in BT(SC), CH(S); cf. NED (s.v. galingale): "The aromatic root of certain East Indian plants of the genera Alpinia and Kæmpferia." Pettit (2001,2,glossary) suggests Cyperus longus L., galingale, Gewöhnliches Hohes Zypergras (native) as alternative meaning, without further comment.
Etymology: Grattan / Singer (1951,111, n.2): "The word galingale (gallengar) like zedoary is of Arabic origin and occurs here for the first time in A.S."