printragu, cristes mæles
noun,
f.,
o- decl.,
3 occ.
Type: plant
Last Update: 13.09.2010 10:38
Meanings Last Update: 24.10.2008 09:59
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A: plant
-, lichen from Christ's cross, Flechten vom Kreuz Christi -
A: plant
-, moss from Christ's cross, Moos vom Kreuz Christi
Comment Last Update: 14.07.2010 11:34
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Comment on (A): -, lichen from Christ's cross, Flechten vom Kreuz Christi
Occurrences Last Update: 13.09.2010 10:38
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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.
Deegan, Marilyn.
A Critical Edition of MS. B.L. Royal 12.D.XVII: Bald's 'Leechbook'. Diss. Univ. of Manchester. 1988.
Hankins, Freda Richards.
Bald's 'Leechbook' Reconsidered. Diss. Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 1993.
MS London, British Library, Royal 12 D.xvii.
Olds, Barbara M..
The Anglo-Saxon Leechbook III: A Critical Edition and Translation. Diss. Univ. of Denver. 1985.
Wright, Cyril E. (ed.).
Bald's Leechbook. Early English manuscripts in facsimile. 5. Kopenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1955.
Deegan (1988: 273) specifies the source for this plant name: "This is reminiscent of the story told by Bede, describing how the moss from the cross erected by King Oswald at Heavenfield cured a broken arm: sumne dæl ealdes meoses, þe on þom halgan treow aweaxen wæs."