peonia

noun, f., n-decl., 4 occ.

Type: plant

Last Update: 11.10.2011 08:39

Meaning Last Update: 20.04.2010 09:23

  • A: plant: foreign
    Paeonia L., peony, a species of ~, Päonie, eine Art von ~
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Comment Last Update: 25.07.2011 09:30

  • Comment on (A): Paeonia L., peony, a species of ~, Päonie, eine Art von ~

    Hunger (1935,167): LXXVII: PAEONIA = Paeonia L. The form peonian and the fact that Peonia is used as chapter heading (168/16) indicate that the form should be seen as an OE rather than a foreign word, especially since OE plant names are regularly used for chapter headings; also cf. BTS, s.v. peonie. D'Aronco (1998,62), followed by Arsdall (2002,178), suggests Paeonia officinalis L.; common peony; Gewöhnliche Pfingstrose.

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Occurrences Last Update: 12.05.2010 10:05

  • HA, LXVI, 168/16 nsg Peonia
  • HA, LXVI, 168/17 asg peonian
  • HA, LXVI, 170/4 asg peoniam
  • HA, LXVI, 28/16 nsg peonia
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Research Literature

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Berberich, Hugo, ed. Das Herbarium Apuleii nach einer früh-mittelenglischen Fassung. Anglistische Forschungen 5. Nachdruck Amsterdam, 1966. Heidelberg: Winter, 1902.
D'Aronco, Maria Amalia and M. L. Cameron, eds.. The Old English Illustrated Pharmacopoeia: British Library Cotton Vitellius C.III. Early English Manuscripts in Faksimile 27. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1998.
DeVriend, Hubert Jan (ed.). The 'Old English Herbarium' and 'Medicina de Quadrupedibus'. Early English Text Society. Original series 286. London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1984.
Hilbelink, A.J.G. (ed.). Cotton MS Vitellius C III of the Herbarium Apuleii. Diss. Amsterdam: 1930.
Howald, Ernestus und Henricus Sigerist (eds.). Corpus Medicorum Latinorum. Bd.4. Antonii Musae de Herba Vettonica Liber. Pseudoapulei Herbarius. Anonymi de Taxone Liber. Sexti Placiti Liber Medicinae ex Animalibus etc. Leipzig: Teubner, 1927.
Hunger, Friedrich Wilhelm Tobias (ed.). The Herbal of Pseudo-Apuleius. From the ninth-century manuscript in the abbey of Monte Cassino [Codex Casinen-sis 97] together with the first printed edition of Jon. Phil. de Lignamine [Editio princeps Romae 1481] both in facsimile, described and annotated by F.W.T. Hunger. Leyden: Brill, 1935.
MS London, British Library, Harley 585.
MS London, British Library, Cotton Vitellius C iii.
MS London, British Library, Harley 6258b.
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.
Van Arsdall, Anne. Medieval Herbal Remedies. Illustrations by Robby Poore. New York and London: Routledge, 2002.