printplūm-blēd
noun,
f.,
i-decl.,
hapax legomenon
Type: plant-part
Last Update: 29.07.2011 16:32
Meanings Last Update: 29.07.2011 16:32
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A: plant-part: introduced Prunus domestica subsp. insititia (L.) C. K. Schneid probably introduced by Romans (cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damson).
Pruni domesticae fructus, plum, Pflaume -
B: plant-part: introduced
Pruni domesticae folium, plum leaf, Pflaumenblatt, ,
Comment Last Update: 29.07.2011 16:30
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Comment on (B): Pruni domesticae folium, plum leaf, Pflaumenblatt, ,
Occurrence Last Update: 09.09.2010 06:36
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Research Literature
BW I:
Bierbaumer, Peter.
Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 1. Bern, Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 1975.
LB:
Cockayne, Oswald Thomas (ed.).
"Leech Book." 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. 2. Rev. Ed. by Charles Singer. London: Longman [et. al.], 1961. 1-360.
LB:
Leonhardi, Günther.
Kleinere angelsächsische Denkmäler I. Bibliothek der ags. Prosa VI. Hamburg: Grand, 1905.
Banham, Debby.
The Knowledge and Uses of Food Plants in Anglo-Saxon England. Diss. Cambridge University. Index to Theses. 40. Cambridge: 1990.
Cameron, Malcolm Lawrence.
Anglo-Saxon Medicine. Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England. 7. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.
Deegan, Marilyn.
A Critical Edition of MS. B.L. Royal 12.D.XVII: Bald's 'Leechbook'. Diss. Univ. of Manchester. 1988.
MS London, British Library, Royal 12 D.xvii.
Wright, Cyril E. (ed.).
Bald's Leechbook. Early English manuscripts in facsimile. 5. Kopenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1955.
Banham (1990,122) suggests that the occurrence refers to the leaves (cf. →blæd, bled) of the plum tree and states that in the LB plums are not mentioned at all; Cameron (1993,78) has a similar translation of this passage.