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gōt-wōþe

noun, f., n-decl., 9 occ.

Type: plant

Last Update: 31.05.2011 08:44

Meanings Last Update: 21.10.2009 11:32

  • A: plant
    -, unsolved, ungeklärt
  • B: plant: native Clapham (1962,520): probably introduced and cultivated as pot-herb, not very well naturalised; Stace (1997,504) "probably always introduced". Kitson (1988,107): "probably native, but native distribution sparse enough for it to have also been imported."
    ??? Aegopodium podagraria L., ground elder, Geißfuß
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Comments Last Update: 31.05.2011 08:34

  • Comment on (A): -, unsolved, ungeklärt

    Hankins (1992,230) suggests Celtis australis L., nettle tree, Südlicher Zürgelbaum (not native) without further explanation.

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

    Cockayne's identification (1962,III,328) has to be refuted because he bases his identification on ModE 'goatweed, goutweed', which derives from the L name and is most certainly no folk-etymological rendition of OE gōtwōþe; also cf. the G name 'Geißfuß' (L AEGOPODIUM) and 'PODAGRAKRAUT' (L PODAGRARIA). BT and ClH, s.v.v. follow Cockayne's identification.

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Occurrences Last Update: 21.10.2009 11:29

  • LB, 23/25 nsg gotwoþe
  • LB, 28/39 asg gotwoþan
  • LB, 29/23 gsg gotwoþan
  • LB, 30/8 asg gotwoþan
  • LB, 42/10 nsg gotwoþe
  • LB, 47/13 asg gotwoþan
  • LB, 47/15f asg gotwoþan
  • LB, 81/14 asg gotwoþan
  • LB, 82/34 nsg gotwoþe
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Image Last Update: 31.05.2011 08:44

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

Botanical-Information: stylised plate

Thomé, Otto Wilhelm. Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. In 4 Mappen ; 531 Tafeln in naturgetreuen Farben mit 668 Pflanzenarten. Leipzip: Teubner, 1938.

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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.
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.