printoser
noun,
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hapax legomenon
Type: plant-part
Last Update: 23.04.2010 09:47
Meaning Last Update: 23.10.2008 06:36
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A: plant-part
-, willow-twig, Weidenrute
Comment Last Update: 09.04.2010 11:05
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Comment on (A): -, willow-twig, Weidenrute
Research Literature
AldVNa:
Napier, Arthur Sampson.
Old English Glosses. Anecdota Oxoniensia, Mediaeval and Modern Series. 11. Reprint of Oxford, Clarendon Press 1900. Hildesheim: Olms, 1969.
BW III:
Bierbaumer, Peter.
Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 3. Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Las Vegas: Lang, 1979.
MS London, British Library, Harley 3013.
[1]:
N.; "NE osier. An early instance of this French loan-word. Cf. WW 647,7 UIMEN = osere."
Esp. from Salix viminalis L.; osier; Korb-Weide; cf. OED, s.v. osier.