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noun, , , hapax legomenon

Type: plant-related

Last Update: 21.07.2011 11:31

Meaning Last Update: 23.10.2008 06:26

  • A: plant-related
    -, rust, Rost
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Comment Last Update: 21.07.2011 11:30

  • Comment on (A): -, rust, Rost

    Cf. OED, s.v. 'rust', II.6.

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Occurrence Last Update: 23.04.2010 09:16
  • HlOl, E 332 ERUGO .I. UITIUM FRUMENTI UEL FERRI rust, om, UEL TINEA[1]
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Research Literature

BW III: Bierbaumer, Peter. Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 3. Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Las Vegas: Lang, 1979.
Hl: Oliphant, Robert Thompson. The Harley Latin-Old English Glossary. Edited from British Museum MS Harley 3376, Janua Linguarum, Series Practica XX. The Hague: Mouton, 1966.
OED: Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2009. .
WW, Prosp, Br: Wright, Thomas. Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies. 2nd ed. by Richard Paul Wülcker. Reprint of the 1884 ed. published by Trübner, London. Vol. 1: Vocabularies. Vol. 2: Indices. New York: Gordon, 1976.
MS London, British Library, Harley 3376.
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This interpretament (L TINEA = "any gnawing worm, jeder nagende Wurm, wie die Motte in Büchern, Kleidern; Holzwurm") is related to the second meaning of the lemma, which comes from a confusion with ERUCA (cf. s.v. lēaf-wyrm).