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hwerwe

noun, f., n-decl., hapax legomenon

Type: plant

Last Update: 07.07.2011 18:18

Reference Last Update: 25.11.2022 16:58

Meanings Last Update: 16.12.2009 12:40

  • C: plant: foreign
    Ecballium elaterium Rich., squirting cucumber, Eselsgurke
  • A: plant: foreign
    Cucumis sativus L., cucumber, Gurke
  • B: plant: native
    Colchicum autumnale L., meadow saffron, Herbstzeitlose
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Comments Last Update: 07.07.2011 18:16

  • Comment on (A): Cucumis sativus L., cucumber, Gurke

    Probable identification if lemma is a short form of hwerwette.

  • Comment on (B): Colchicum autumnale L., meadow saffron, Herbstzeitlose

    Probable identification if lemma is not a short form of hwerwette; cf. context.

  • Comment on (C): Ecballium elaterium Rich., squirting cucumber, Eselsgurke

    Probable identification if lemma is a short form of hwerwette.

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Occurrence Last Update: 13.08.2009 06:24
  • LB, 81/2[1] nsg (?) þa greatan wyrt nioþowearde, hwerwe hatte
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Images Last Update: 07.07.2011 18:18

Cucumis sativus L., cucumber, Gurke
Cucumis_sativus_bd4_tafel_089

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.

Colchicum autumnale L., meadow saffron, Herbstzeitlose
Colchicum_autumnale_bd1_tafel_117

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.

Ecballium elaterium Rich., squirting cucumber, Eselsgurke
Ecballium_elaterium

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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.
Wright, Cyril E. (ed.). Bald's Leechbook. Early English manuscripts in facsimile. 5. Kopenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1955.
[1]:

Hwerwe most likely is a misspelled hwerhwette; there is no other occurreence for hwerwe.