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Glechoma_hederacea_bd4_tafel_067

hōfe, rēade

noun, f., n-decl., 7 occ.

Type: plant

Last Update: 30.06.2011 07:36

Reference Last Update: 22.11.2022 06:59

Meaning Last Update: 30.11.2009 09:49

  • A: plant: native
    Glechoma hederacea L., ground-ivy, Gewöhnlicher Gundermann
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Comment Last Update: 30.11.2009 09:54

  • Comment on (A): Glechoma hederacea L., ground-ivy, Gewöhnlicher Gundermann

    A variant with red flowers but probably rēade also refers to the red-violet colour of the laminae; the color of the flowers normally is blue-violet, sometimes red-purple or white (cf. Hegi 1906,V,2374).

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Occurrences Last Update: 12.08.2009 05:56

  • LB, 11/30 asg þa readan hofan
  • LB, 25/12 nsg reade hofe
  • LB, 25/8 nsg reade hofe
  • LB, 37/6 asg reade hofan
  • LB, 80/37 nsg reade hofe
  • LB, 80/39 nsg reade hofe
  • LB, 80/7f[1] asg reade hofan
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Image Last Update: 30.06.2011 07:36

Glechoma hederacea L., ground-ivy, Gewöhnlicher Gundermann
Glechoma_hederacea_bd4_tafel_067

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.
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Cont.: hindbergean leaf 7 hreodes spirreade hofan. bisceopwyrt; spirreade is erroneously written together, it should read: hreodes spir, reade hofan.