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Hyoscyamus_niger_bd4_tafel_031

hænnebelle

noun, f., n-decl., 5 occ.

Type: plant

Last Update: 06.06.2011 07:50

Meaning Last Update: 27.10.2009 08:59

  • A: plant: native
    Hyoscyamus niger L., henbane, Schwarzes Bilsenkraut
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Comment Last Update: 06.06.2011 07:30

  • Comment on (A): Hyoscyamus niger L., henbane, Schwarzes Bilsenkraut

    Cf. Hunger (1935,167): V: SYMPHONICA = H. niger. Based on the plant depiction Voights (1979,266f.) interpretes the plant as Hyoscymus reticulatus L. (native to N Africa).

    Etymology: lit. 'hen-bell, Hühnerglocke'; cf. ModE henbane 'hen poison, Hühnergift' and the NHG names 'Hühnergift, Hühnertodt';[1] 'bell, Glocke' refers to the bell-shaped calyx (cf. NED, s.v. henbell); it is unlikely that the use of the plant as bait for hens (cf. NHG Hühnerlockkraut, Marzell 2000,II,930) had any influence on the OE plant name (cf. Förster 1917,130).

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Occurrences Last Update: 05.11.2010 06:27

  • HA, V, 8/16 nsg SYMPHONICAM[2] ƀ is henne[3] belle
  • HA, V, 94/3 nsg Henne belle
  • HA, V, 94/6[4] asg þe man SYMPHONIACAM [s. jusquiamum][5] nemneþ 7. oþ-rum naman belone 7 eac sume men hennebelle[6] hataþ
  • LA, 182/1 gsg hænnebellan
  • LA, 194/13 nsg beolonan sæd, þæt is hænnebelle
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Etymology Last Update: 06.06.2011 07:50

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Image Last Update: 06.06.2011 07:50

Hyoscyamus niger L., henbane, Schwarzes Bilsenkraut
Hyoscyamus_niger_bd4_tafel_031

Botanical-Information: stylised plate

Source: →reference-information

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 II: Bierbaumer, Peter. Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 2. Bern, Frankfurt am Main, München: Lang, 1976.
HA: Cockayne, Oswald Thomas (ed.). "Herbarium Apuleii Platonici." 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. 1. Rev. Ed. by Charles Singer. London: Holland Press, 1961. 1-325.
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.
Berberich, Hugo, ed. Das Herbarium Apuleii nach einer früh-mittelenglischen Fassung. Anglistische Forschungen 5. Nachdruck Amsterdam, 1966. Heidelberg: Winter, 1902.
D'Aronco, Maria Amalia and M. L. Cameron, eds.. The Old English Illustrated Pharmacopoeia: British Library Cotton Vitellius C.III. Early English Manuscripts in Faksimile 27. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1998.
DeVriend, Hubert Jan (ed.). The 'Old English Herbarium' and 'Medicina de Quadrupedibus'. Early English Text Society. Original series 286. London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1984.
Grein, Christian-Wilhelm-Michael (ed.). Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie. Göttingen: Wigand, 1864.
Hilbelink, A.J.G. (ed.). Cotton MS Vitellius C III of the Herbarium Apuleii. Diss. Amsterdam: 1930.
Howald, Ernestus und Henricus Sigerist (eds.). Corpus Medicorum Latinorum. Bd.4. Antonii Musae de Herba Vettonica Liber. Pseudoapulei Herbarius. Anonymi de Taxone Liber. Sexti Placiti Liber Medicinae ex Animalibus etc. Leipzig: Teubner, 1927.
Hunger, Friedrich Wilhelm Tobias (ed.). The Herbal of Pseudo-Apuleius. From the ninth-century manuscript in the abbey of Monte Cassino [Codex Casinen-sis 97] together with the first printed edition of Jon. Phil. de Lignamine [Editio princeps Romae 1481] both in facsimile, described and annotated by F.W.T. Hunger. Leyden: Brill, 1935.
MS London, British Library, Harley 585.
MS London, British Library, Cotton Vitellius C iii.
MS London, British Library, Harley 6258b.
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.
Van Arsdall, Anne. Medieval Herbal Remedies. Illustrations by Robby Poore. New York and London: Routledge, 2002.
Voigts, Linda Ehrsam. "Anglo-Saxon Plant Remedies and the Anglo Saxons." ISIS 70 (1979): 250-268.
[1]:

Note that the plant was called GALLINARIA HERBA by Plinius Valerianum in the 7th century (Marzell 2000,II,930).

[2]:

Hilbelink: SYMPHONICA.

[3]:

MSS BH: hænne.

[4]:

Two species are described: "þonne ys oþer þisse ylcan wyrte sweart on hiwe. 7 stiþran leafum 7 eac ætrigum. þonne ys seo ærre hwitre 7 heo hæfþ þas mægnu".

[5]:

Cockayne (1962i,94,A.11): "Overlined in V." Not recorded by Hilbelink.

[6]:

MSS BH: hænnebelle.