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Gentianella_campestris

hole-cærse

noun, f., n-decl., 3 occ.

Type: plant

Last Update: 30.06.2011 07:45

Reference Last Update: 26.12.2022 18:54

Meanings Last Update: 21.07.2009 10:34

  • B: plant: native
    Nasturtium officinale R.Br., watercress, Brunnenkresse
  • A: plant: native
    ?? Gentianella campestris (L.) Börner, field gentian, Feld-Enzian
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Comments Last Update: 30.06.2011 07:42

  • Comment on (A): ?? Gentianella campestris (L.) Börner, field gentian, Feld-Enzian

    Cocayne (1962,II,394) explains his identification: "Holcærse[1] fem., gen. an, field gentian, gentiana campestris [...] The same as the Holgræss of Œder, Icones Plantarum, vol. 3, where he gives the local Norwegian names." Cf. NED: "Holl [...] a. Obs. or dial. [...] 1. hollow, cancave [...] 3. In specific uses: o. holcress (only OE hol cerse[2]), Field Gentian". Both do not give any explanation on why '-cærse' is part of the plant name. The identification is highly implausible.

  • Comment on (B): Nasturtium officinale R.Br., watercress, Brunnenkresse

    Banham (1990,212) suggests N. officinalis because of its hollow stems, and in Clapham (1956,172ff.) it is the only Nasturtium specis with this characteristic. This plant also suits the medical indication given (wenn) better (cf. the use of cærse in HA XXI,6 and in other occurrences of the LB) than the gentian (cf. Grieve 1971, s.v. gentians).

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Occurrences Last Update: 12.08.2009 05:57

  • LB, 11/26 asg þa holancersan
  • LB, 25/2 asg holecersan[3]
  • LB, 42/10f asg holecersan
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Etymology Last Update: 30.06.2011 07:45

  • Etymology: Etymology-Comment:

    Unwahrscheinlich: Die Bezeichnung 'hohl' dürfte sich - falls wir G. campestris vor uns haben - auf die rührige Form der Blütenkrane und des Blütenkelchs beziehen (vgl. Hegi, V,2029). Warum jedoch cerse (s.d.) 'Kresse' ?

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Images Last Update: 30.06.2011 07:45

?? Gentianella campestris (L.) Börner, field gentian, Feld-Enzian
Gentianella_campestris

Botanical-Information: stylised plate

Source: →reference-information

Nasturtium officinale R.Br., watercress, Brunnenkresse
Nasturtium_officinale_bd2_tafel_116

Botanical-Information: stylised plate

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.
HA: Cockayne, Oswald Thomas (ed.). "Herbarium Apuleii Platonici." 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. 1. Rev. Ed. by Charles Singer. London: Holland Press, 1961. 1-325.
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.
NED: Murray, James Augustus Henry, H. Bradley, W.A. Craigie, C.T. Onions (eds.). A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles. Oxford: Calrendon Press, 1888.
Banham, Debby. The Knowledge and Uses of Food Plants in Anglo-Saxon England. Diss. Cambridge University. Index to Theses. 40. Cambridge: 1990.
Clapham, A.R., T.G. Tutin, and E.F. Warburg. Flora of the British Isles. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1962.
Cockayne, Oswald Thomas (ed.). Leechdoms, Wortcunning and Starcraft of Early England. 3 vols. with a New Introduction by Charles Singer. Rev. Ed. London: Holland Press, 1961.
Deegan, Marilyn. A Critical Edition of MS. B.L. Royal 12.D.XVII: Bald's 'Leechbook'. Diss. Univ. of Manchester. 1988.
: Grieve, Maude. A Modern Herbal. Unabridged reprint of 1931. Dover. 1971. .
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]:

Not documented.

[2]:

Not documented.

[3]:

Based on this and the record in 42/10f. a lemma "holu cerse" (with strong flection as opposed to 11/26) could be developed, too.