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pūl-sper

noun, n., a-decl., hapax legomenon

Type: plant-part

Last Update: 29.07.2011 18:57

Meaning Last Update: 24.10.2008 09:36

  • A: plant-part
    -, reed, Schilfrohr
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Comment Last Update: 29.07.2011 19:01

  • Comment on (A): -, reed, Schilfrohr

    Etymology: lit. 'pool spear, Pfuhlspeer'; cf. BH, s.v. poolspear ('a reed') and OED, s.v. pool, C2 (pool-spear = pool-reed).

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Occurrence Last Update: 10.09.2010 06:50
  • Mt(Li), 11,7[1] HARUNDINEM gerd ł puulsper
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Etymology Last Update: 29.07.2011 18:57

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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.
Li, Ru (= Mt, Mk, Lk, Jn): Skeat, Walter William. The Four Gospels in Anglo-Saxon, Northumbrian, and Old Mercian Versions. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1871.
MS London, British Library, Cotton Nero D.iv..
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Mt(Ru): read. Context (Li): HARUNDINEM UENTO AGITATUM.