printæppel, grēne
noun,
m.,
a-decl.,
hapax legomenon
Type: plant-part
Last Update: 29.03.2011 07:52
Reference Last Update: 31.10.2023 05:07
Meanings Last Update: 29.03.2011 07:45
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A: plant-part: native
Mali fructus, apple, green, Apfel, grün -
A: plant-part: native
Mali fructus, apple, unripe, Apfel, unreif
Comment Last Update: 17.10.2011 10:37
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Comment on (A): Mali fructus, apple, green, Apfel, grün
Occurrence Last Update: 01.04.2009 06:43
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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.
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.
Banham, Debby.
The Knowledge and Uses of Food Plants in Anglo-Saxon England. Diss. Cambridge University. Index to Theses. 40. Cambridge: 1990.
Deegan, Marilyn.
A Critical Edition of MS. B.L. Royal 12.D.XVII: Bald's 'Leechbook'. Diss. Univ. of Manchester. 1988.
Hagen, Ann.
A Second Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Food & Drink: Production & Distribution. First publ. 1995. Hock-wold cum Wilton, Norf.: Anglo-Saxon Books, 1995.
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.
No definite identification possible. The attribute grēne 'green, unripe; grün, unreif', which is used to define →æppel (1), denotes a different, not identifiable subspecies, or a degree of ripeness.
Although different kinds of apples were used (cf. s.v. →æppel (1)), identifying a distinct species is nearly impossible for this period (cf. Banham 1990,107ff and Hagen 1995,50); archeobotanists tend towards normalising to Malus sylvestris (L.) Mill.