Ammi_majus

ameos

noun, , , hapax legomenon

Type: plant

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Meaning Last Update: 27.03.2009 07:34

  • A: plant: introduced
    Ammi majus L., bullwort, Bischofskraut
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Comment Last Update: 04.04.2011 13:16

  • Comment on (A): Ammi majus L., bullwort, Bischofskraut

    Not recorded in the DOE?

    Etymology: From Gk. άμμεως, gsg. of άμμι.

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Occurrence Last Update: 17.04.2009 06:40

  • LB, 57/36 nsg ameos hatte suþerne wyrt
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Etymology Last Update: 24.08.2011 11:46

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Image Last Update: 24.08.2011 11:46

Ammi majus L., bullwort, Bischofskraut

Ammi_majus

Botanical-Information: stylised plate

Source: →reference-information

Kops, Jan, and F. W. van Eeden. Flora Batava of Afbeelding en Beschrijving van Nederlandsche Gevassen. XVI. Deel. Leiden: De Breuk en Smits, 1881.

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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.
MS London, British Library, Royal 12 D.xvii.
Sauer, Hans. Patterns of loan-influence on the Medieval English plant names, with special reference to the influence of Greek. In: Foreign Influences on Medieval English, Eds. Jacek Fisiak, and Magdalana Bator. Studies in English medieval language and literature. 28. Frankfurt/Main: Lang, 2011. 55-76.
Schabram, Hans. "Review of Robert T. Oliphant, The Harley Latin-Old English Glossary." Anglia 86 (1968): 495-500.
Wright, Cyril E. (ed.). Bald's Leechbook. Early English manuscripts in facsimile. 5. Kopenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1955.