printgingla (?)
noun,
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hapax legomenon
Type: plant
Last Update: 30.05.2011 07:43
Meaning Last Update: 19.10.2009 12:15
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A: plant: native H. niger L. is native (Clapham 1962,670).
Hyoscyamus L., henbane, a species of ~, Bilsenkraut, eine Art von ~
Comment Last Update: 30.05.2011 07:41
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Comment on (A): Hyoscyamus L., henbane, a species of ~, Bilsenkraut, eine Art von ~
Occurrence Last Update: 03.08.2009 14:31
Research Literature
BW III:
Bierbaumer, Peter.
Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 3. Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Las Vegas: Lang, 1979.
André, Jacques.
Les noms de plantes dans la Rome antique. Paris: Société d'édition 'les belles lettres', 1985.
Meritt, Herbert Dean.
"Old English Glosses, Mostly Dry Point." Journal of English and Germanic Philology 60 (1961): 441-450.
MS London, British Library, Cotton Otho E.i.
Voss, Manfred.
"Altenglische Glossen aus MS Brit. Library, Cotton Otho E.i." AAA 22:2 (1996): 179-203.
[1]:
Probably it is a confusion with GINGA, the Punic name for henbane, additionally it could be a result of the fact that the herb was used against inflammation of the gums (cf. Andre, s.v. GINGARALIS).
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Cf., for example Is. 17,9,41: HYOSCYAMOS A GRAECIS DICTA, A LATINIS HERBA CALICULARIS.
This form, which Junius took for OE, seems to be identical with CGL 2,399,30 παρωτίς GINGLA and 2,581,30 GINCLA TUMOR SUB AURIBUS which are related with GINGIUA 'gums, Zahnfleisch' (cf. CGL 6, s.v. GINGIUA), which itself is glossed by IUSQUIAMUS. Cf. CGL 3,624,46: GINGIUA IDEST IUSQUIAMO; also cf. André, s.v. GINGARALIS.[1]