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næglæs
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hapax legomenon
Possible Types: plant-part, plant
Last Update: 11.10.2011 08:37
References Last Update: 19.10.2022 08:38
Meanings Last Update: 20.07.2011 11:49
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B: plant-part: foreign
Caryophylli flos, clove, Gewürznelke -
A: plant: native
? Cynoglossum officinale L., hound's tongue, Gewöhnliche Hundszunge
Comments Last Update: 08.03.2010 11:18
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Comment on (A): ? Cynoglossum officinale L., hound's tongue, Gewöhnliche Hundszunge
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Comment on (B): Caryophylli flos, clove, Gewürznelke
The drug is the dried flower bud of Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. et L.M. Perry; clove tree; Gewürznelkenbaum. Also cf. OHG negelli, nagelin (cf. Björkman 1902,272); OWN nagli (Heizmann 1993, s.v.); and Grieve, who calls the drug "The most stimulating and carminative of all aromatics [...]", which could well have been used against innan onfealle (LB 32/35). The name results from the similarity of the drug to (little) nails (cf. Marzell 2000,2,101).
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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 3 (1902): 263-307.
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.
Heizmann, Wilhelm.
Wörterbuch der Pflanzennamen im Altwestnordischen. Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde. Vol. 7. Berlin, New York: de Gruyter, 1993.
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.
Wright, Cyril E. (ed.).
Bald's Leechbook. Early English manuscripts in facsimile. 5. Kopenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1955.
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Cockayne suggests cunæglæsse.
Hound's tongue is a plant native to Great Britain, therefore the specifying wyrt suþerno seems not adequate; it is normally used for drugs imported from the southern parts of Europe.