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mōr-wyrt
noun,
f.,
i-decl.,
hapax legomenon
Type: plant
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Meaning Last Update: 28.02.2010 12:35
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A: plant: native
?? Drosera rotundifolia L., round-leaved sundew, Rundblättriger Sonnentau
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Comment on (A): ?? Drosera rotundifolia L., round-leaved sundew, Rundblättriger Sonnentau
Occurrence Last Update: 13.04.2010 10:43
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?? Drosera rotundifolia L., round-leaved sundew, Rundblättriger Sonnentau |
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Fitch, Walter Hood.
Illustrations of the British Flora: London: Reeve, 1924.
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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.
Banham, Debby.
The Knowledge and Uses of Food Plants in Anglo-Saxon England. Diss. Cambridge University. Index to Theses. 40. Cambridge: 1990.
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.
Wright, Cyril E. (ed.).
Bald's Leechbook. Early English manuscripts in facsimile. 5. Kopenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1955.
Identification based on Cockayne (1961,III339). Lit. 'moor wort, Moorwurz', the name refers to the habitat of the plant. Banham (1990,200), on the other hand, relates mor- to more 'root, Wurzel' and suggests: "This is probably something in the carrot/parsnip group, possibly the carrot, since this is the smaller of the two, in both wild and cultivated forms [...]."