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Linum_usitatissimum_bd3_tafel_001

līn-wyrt

noun, f., i-decl., 2 occ.

Type: plant

Last Update: 15.07.2011 07:59

References Last Update: 21.11.2022 16:25

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Meaning Last Update: 15.07.2011 07:55

  • A: plant: native Several native species; L. usitatissimum only cultivated, probably derived from L. bienne. (cf. Clapham 1962,299).
    Linum usitatissimum L., flax, Saat-Lein
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Comment Last Update: 15.07.2011 07:59

  • Comment on (A): Linum usitatissimum L., flax, Saat-Lein

    Etymology: on the relation to L LINUM cf. Pokorny (1989,1,691), Kluge (2002,s.v.), and Björkman (1901,222).

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Occurrences Last Update: 23.02.2010 09:02

  • LB, 108/10 nasg linwyrt
  • LB, 21/14 nasg linwyrt
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Etymology Last Update: 15.07.2011 07:59

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Image Last Update: 15.07.2011 07:59

Linum usitatissimum L., flax, Saat-Lein
Linum_usitatissimum_bd3_tafel_001

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.
Björkman, Eric. "Die Pflanzennamen der althochdeutschen Glossen." Zeitschrift für deutsche Wortforschung 2 (1901): 202-233.
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.
Olds, Barbara M.. The Anglo-Saxon Leechbook III: A Critical Edition and Translation. Diss. Univ. of Denver. 1985.
Wright, Cyril E. (ed.). Bald's Leechbook. Early English manuscripts in facsimile. 5. Kopenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1955.