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gāte-trēow
noun,
n.,
wa-decl.,
hapax legomenon
Type: plant
Last Update: 24.05.2011 07:15
Meaning Last Update: 16.10.2009 08:53
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A: plant: native
Cornus sanguinea L., dogwood, Blutroter Hartriegel
Comment Last Update: 16.10.2009 09:03
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Comment on (A): Cornus sanguinea L., dogwood, Blutroter Hartriegel
Occurrence Last Update: 03.08.2009 06:13
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Cornus sanguinea L., dogwood, Blutroter Hartriegel |
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Botanical-Information: stylised plate Source: →reference-information
Fitch, Walter Hood.
Illustrations of the British Flora: London: Reeve, 1924.
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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.
NED:
Murray, James Augustus Henry, H. Bradley, W.A. Craigie, C.T. Onions (eds.).
A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles. Oxford: Calrendon Press, 1888.
Cockayne, Oswald Thomas (ed.).
Leechdoms, Wortcunning and Starcraft of Early England. 3 vols. with a New Introduction by Charles Singer. Rev. Ed. London: Holland Press, 1961.
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.
Marzell, Heinrich.
Wörterbuch der deutschen Pflanzennamen. Mit Unterstützung der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Bearb. von Heinrich Marzell. Unter Mitw. von Wilhelm Wissmann. Köln: Parkland, 2000.
MS London, British Library, Royal 12 D.xvii.
Storms, Godfrid (ed.).
Anglo-Saxon Magic. Reprint of the 1948 ed. published by M. Nijhoff, The Hague. Norwood, Pa: Norwood Editions, 1975.
Wright, Cyril E. (ed.).
Bald's Leechbook. Early English manuscripts in facsimile. 5. Kopenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1955.
[1]:
The ME forms gaitrys, gattris are, according to the NED (s.v. gaiter, sb. 2), contractios of a not recorded OE +gātehrīs "goat-bush, Geißbusch", while Mod E gaiter, gatter, etc. are northern, or abbreviated forms of OE gātetrēow.
[2]:
Cf. Marzell (1913,85).
The identification is based on the ME, ModE, and G plant names.[1] The OE name probably refers to the fact that the leaves are a good fodder for goats.[2] Deegan (1988,256) supports our identification and refutes Cockayne's (1962,386) Celtis australis L., nettel tree, Südlicher Zürgelbaum; not native).