panic

noun, m. (n.?), , 3 occ.

Possible Types: plant, plant-product

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Meanings Last Update: 06.07.2014 22:27

  • A: plant: foreign
    Panax L., ginseng, a species of ~, Ginseng, eine Art von ~
  • A: plant-product
    -, opopanax, Opopanax
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Comment Last Update: 20.04.2010 09:04

  • Comment on (A): Panax L., ginseng, a species of ~, Ginseng, eine Art von ~

    OPOPANAX = Gk όπóς 'sap, Saft'. Cf. Georges (2007, s.v. OPOPANAX) and (s.v.): "PANACEA, AE, f. u. PANACEA, IS, n. u. PANAX, ACIS, m. (πανάκεια, πανακες, πάναξ, eig. alles heilend, daher: I) eine erdichtete Pflanze, die für alles helfen soll, Panazee, Allheilkraut, [...] II) die auch LIGUSITICUM SILVESTRE gen. Pflanze [...] III) eine Pflanze, Heilwurz (Pastinaca opo­panax L.)". Also cf. Dioskorides III,55 (Berendes 1902,295) and Fischer-Benzon (1998,67). Further cf. the Dresden gloss (OEG 73a,6) PANACE.I. luuestice. The meaning provided in BT (s.v. panic)[1] 'a sort of millet; panicum' goes, as the L forma in PD confirm, back to a confusion with L PĀNĪCUM 'Italian millet, italienische Hirse' (cf. Georges 2007, s.v.), which is not related to PANAX.

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Occurrences Last Update: 12.05.2010 10:02

  • PD, 33/6[2] asg panic
  • PD, 37/5[3] gsg panecis[4]
  • PD, 45/6[5] asg panic
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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.
PD: Löweneck, Max (ed.). Peri Didaxeon. Erlanger Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 12. Erlangen: Junge, 1896.
Cockayne, Oswald Thomas (ed.). "Peri Didaxeon." 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. 82-143.
Sanborn, Linda (ed.). An Edition of British Library MS. Harley 6258B: Peri Didaxeon. Diss. Ottawa: University of Ottawa, 1983.
[1]:

BT refer only to the occurrences in PD.

[2]:

L text (Löweneck 1886,32/2): PANACO.

[3]:

L text (Löweneck 1886,36/5): OPOPANACUM.

[4]:

Maybe erroneous for panices. The gen. form provided by BT (s.v. panic) is not recorded anywhere.

[5]:

L text (Löweneck 1886,44/4f): OPOPANACEM.