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hreod-gyrd

noun, , , hapax legomenon

Type: plant-part

Last Update: 06.07.2011 11:20

Old-English: hreodgird,

Latin (Machine generated): CALAMUM, HAMUM,

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Reference Last Update: 26.12.2022 19:01

Meaning Last Update: 14.10.2008 09:29

  • A: plant-part
    -, reed, Schilfrohr
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Comment Last Update: 09.12.2009 10:03

  • Comment on (A): -, reed, Schilfrohr

    Cf. the context PISCIS ITEM SEQUITUR CALAMUM and our note.

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Occurrence Last Update: 12.08.2009 13:06
  • Prud, 145 CALAMUM, HAMUM reogyrde[1]
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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.
Prud: Meritt, Herbert Dean. The Old English Prudentius Glosses at Boulogne-sur-Mer. Stanford studies in language and literature ; 16. Stanford: AMS P., 1967.
MS Boulogne-sur-Mer, Bibliotheque Municipale, 189.
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N.: "For reodgyrde. Here CALAMUM is not only a reed [...] but also a reed used as a rod (gyrde) for fishing." L HAMUS = "fishing rod, Angel", "fish hook, Angelhaken".