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Gentiana_pneumonanthe

mergelle

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

Type: plant

Last Update: 22.09.2010 12:11

References Last Update: 22.11.2022 14:02

Meaning Last Update: 27.02.2010 08:24

  • A: plant: native
    ? Gentiana pneumonanthe L., marsh gentian, Lungen-Enzian
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Comment Last Update: 19.07.2011 10:13

  • Comment on (A): ? Gentiana pneumonanthe L., marsh gentian, Lungen-Enzian

    Pettit (2001,LXIII,238) notes that this plant name might be related to the meargealla of the LB (cf. →mersc-mear-gealla).

    Etymology: cf. Grattan / Singer (1951,216): "In the main text there is a single instance of the eAngl. æ by smoothing [...] and also one instance of the later Angl. e-form of this vowel: mergelle (<∗maerh- <∗mæorh-) 147a". Because this plant name's etymology is far from secured this statement has to be treated accordingly.

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Occurrence Last Update: 29.03.2010 09:33
  • LA, 122/10 nsg mergelle
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Etymology Last Update: 22.09.2010 12:11

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Image Last Update: 22.09.2010 12:11

? Gentiana pneumonanthe L., marsh gentian, Lungen-Enzian
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Botanical-Information: stylised plate

Source: →reference-information

Fitch, Walter Hood. Illustrations of the British Flora: London: Reeve, 1924.

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Research Literature

BW II: Bierbaumer, Peter. Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 2. Bern, Frankfurt am Main, München: Lang, 1976.
LA, Lor: Grattan, John Henry Grafton, and Charles Singer. Anglo-Saxon Magic and Medicine. London: Oxford Univ. Press, 1952.
LA: Cockayne, Oswald Thomas (ed.). "[Lacnunga] Recipies." 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. 3. Rev. Ed. by Charles Singer. London: Holland Press, 1961. 2-81.
LB: Leonhardi, Günther. Kleinere angelsächsische Denkmäler I. Bibliothek der ags. Prosa VI. Hamburg: Grand, 1905.
Grein, Christian-Wilhelm-Michael (ed.). Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie. Göttingen: Wigand, 1864.
MS London, British Library, Harley 585.
Pettit, Edward, (ed. and trans.). Anglo-Saxon Remedies, Charms and Prayers from British Library MS Harley 585: the 'Lacnunga'. Vol. I: Introduction, Text, Translation, and Appendices. Vol. II: Commentary and Bibliography. Mellen Critical Editions and Translations. 6A and 6B. Lewiston, Queenston and Lampeter: Mellen, 2001.
Storms, Godfrid (ed.). Anglo-Saxon Magic. Reprint of the 1948 ed. published by M. Nijhoff, The Hague. Norwood, Pa: Norwood Editions, 1975.