pīn

noun, , , hapax legomenon

Type: plant

Last Update: 26.05.2010 13:36

References Last Update: 30.10.2023 08:24

pīn-beám;
→pīn-hnutu;
→pīn-trēow;
→pīn-trēowen;
pīntrēowen;

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Meaning Last Update: 04.05.2010 10:58

A: plant: foreign Pinus sylvestris L. is native (cf. Clapham 1962,49), the Anglo-Saxon texts rather refer to the foreign Pinus pinea L.
Pinus L., pine, a species of ~, Kiefer, eine Art von ~

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Occurrence Last Update: 26.05.2010 13:36

C 92.2, Ker, Nr.371, a PINUS pin

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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.

Banham, Debby. The Knowledge and Uses of Food Plants in Anglo-Saxon England. Diss. Cambridge University. Index to Theses. 40. Cambridge: 1990.

Ker, Neil Ripley. Catalogue of Manuscripts Containing Anglo-Saxon. First published 1957. Re-issued. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990.

MS Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, Nouv.Acq.Lat. 586.