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heorot-brēr

noun, f., a-decl., 2 occ.

Type: plant

Last Update: 27.06.2011 15:15

Old-English: heartbreer, heortbrer, heorotbrēr,

Latin (Machine generated): HUIC ARBORI MORD, HUIC ARBORI MORERE,

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Reference Last Update: 27.12.2022 08:13

Meaning Last Update: 24.11.2009 08:40

  • A: plant: native
    Rubus fruticosus L., bramble, Brombeere
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Comment Last Update: 27.06.2011 15:15

  • Comment on (A): Rubus fruticosus L., bramble, Brombeere

    An OE plant name composed with →brēr does not convey the meaning of the plant name used in the L text, which is best translated with 'Morus nigra L., mulberry tree, Maulbeerbaum; nevertheless L MORUS could also denote R. fruticosus (cf. André 1985, s.v.). Cf. →heorot-berie.

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Occurrences Last Update: 10.08.2009 06:34

  • Lk(Li), 17,6 HUIC ARBORI MORD þisum tree .I. heartbreer
  • Lk(Ru), 17,6 HUIC ARBORI MORERE þissum tree heortbrere
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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.
Li, Ru (= Mt, Mk, Lk, Jn): Skeat, Walter William. The Four Gospels in Anglo-Saxon, Northumbrian, and Old Mercian Versions. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1871.
Banham, Debby. The Knowledge and Uses of Food Plants in Anglo-Saxon England. Diss. Cambridge University. Index to Theses. 40. Cambridge: 1990.
MS London, British Library, Cotton Nero D.iv..
MS Oxford, Bodleian, Auct. D.2.19.