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mersc-hōfe
noun,
f.,
n-decl.,
hapax legomenon
Type: plant
Last Update: 19.07.2011 10:15
Meaning Last Update: 30.11.2009 10:16
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A: plant: native
Glechoma hederacea L., ground-ivy, Gewöhnlicher Gundermann
Comment Last Update: 30.11.2009 10:21
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Comment on (A): Glechoma hederacea L., ground-ivy, Gewöhnlicher Gundermann
Image Last Update: 19.07.2011 10:15
Glechoma hederacea L., ground-ivy, Gewöhnlicher Gundermann |
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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.
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.
[1]:
The comma after mersc has to be deleted; cf. the plant name mersc-mergylle (cf. s.v.).
Mersc- denotes the habitat of G. hederaceum.