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hǣþ-berie
noun,
f.,
n-decl.,
hapax legomenon
Type: plant
Last Update: 05.07.2011 07:39
Meanings Last Update: 04.07.2011 11:36
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B: plant: native
Empetrum nigrum L., crowberry, Krähenbeere -
A: plant: native
Vaccinium myrtillus L., bilberry, Blaubeere
Comments Last Update: 05.07.2011 07:29
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Comment on (A): Vaccinium myrtillus L., bilberry, Blaubeere
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Comment on (B): Empetrum nigrum L., crowberry, Krähenbeere
Cf. OED s.v. 'heathberry' and Marzell (2000,5,202). OE →hǣþ was used to denote several moorland plants, E. nigrum is one plant having berries as fruits. Both plants are not native to the Mediterranean and therefore not part of the ancient Materia Medica.
Occurrence Last Update: 28.10.2009 10:44
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Image Last Update: 05.07.2011 07:39
Vaccinium myrtillus L., bilberry, Blaubeere |
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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 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.
OED:
Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2009. .
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.
Olds, Barbara M..
The Anglo-Saxon Leechbook III: A Critical Edition and Translation. Diss. Univ. of Denver. 1985.
Wright, Cyril E. (ed.).
Bald's Leechbook. Early English manuscripts in facsimile. 5. Kopenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1955.
Cf. Marzell (2000,5,202). OE →hǣþ was used to denote several moorland plants, V. myrtillus is one of those plants having berries as fruits. Wisan, (→wīse) is evidence that hæþbergean denotes the whole plant and not only the fruit.