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hirde-wyrt

noun, f., i-decl., 4 occ.

Type: plant

Last Update: 06.02.2012 21:11

References Last Update: 22.11.2022 13:44

Meanings Last Update: 06.02.2012 20:23

  • A: plant: native
    Centaurium erythraea Rafn., common centaury, Echtes Tausendgüldenkraut
  • B: plant: native
    Centaurea L., knapweed, a species of ~, Flockenblume, eine Art von ~
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Comment Last Update: 06.02.2012 20:38

  • Comment on (A): Centaurium erythraea Rafn., common centaury, Echtes Tausendgüldenkraut

    The plant name is often synonymous with the OE plant names →felterre and →eorþ-gealla and the L plant name CENTAUREUM / CENTAURIUM. The L plant name denotes Centaurea species as well as Centaurium species.

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Occurrences Last Update: 06.02.2012 21:11

  • LB, 10/27 nasg eorþgeallan seaw, þæt is hyrdewyrt
  • LB, 56/31 nasg Nim centaurian, þæt is felterre, sume hataþ hyrdewyrt, sume eorþgeallan
  • LB, 60/23 dsg hirdewyrte
  • LB, 61/13 nasg hirdewyrt, þæt is, eorþgealla
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Image Last Update: 06.02.2012 21:11

Centaurium erythraea Rafn., common centaury, Echtes Tausendgüldenkraut
Centaurium_erythraea_bd4_tafel_078

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.
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.