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ram-gealla
noun,
m.,
n-decl.,
2 occ.
Type: plant
Last Update: 09.08.2011 08:38
Meaning Last Update: 14.07.2010 12:34
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A: plant: native
? Menyanthes trifoliata L., bogbean, Bitterklee
Comment Last Update: 09.08.2011 08:37
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Comment on (A): ? Menyanthes trifoliata L., bogbean, Bitterklee
Occurrences Last Update: 13.09.2010 10:41
Etymology Last Update: 09.08.2011 08:38
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Image Last Update: 09.08.2011 08:38
? Menyanthes trifoliata L., bogbean, Bitterklee |
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Botanical-Information: stylised plate Source: →reference-information
Thomé, Otto Wilhelm.
Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. In 4 Mappen ; 531 Tafeln in naturgetreuen Farben mit 668 Pflanzenarten. Leipzip: Teubner, 1938.
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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.
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.
Storms, Godfrid (ed.).
Anglo-Saxon Magic. Reprint of the 1948 ed. published by M. Nijhoff, The Hague. Norwood, Pa: Norwood Editions, 1975.
Wright, Cyril E. (ed.).
Bald's Leechbook. Early English manuscripts in facsimile. 5. Kopenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1955.
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According to Schmitt (1908,171) h was added by mistake.
OE -gealla 'bile, Galle' indicates a plant with bitter taste, probably a gentian species; according to Cockayne (1961,II,402) the defining þone fagan (OE fāh 'colorful, speckled; bunt, gefleckt') indicates M. trifoliata, which belongs to the Gentianaceae (cf. Hegi 1906,V,1953). Banham (1990,94), nevertheless, refes to the plant name as "unidentified".
Etymology: if ramgealla is the original form, the lit. mening is 'ram-bile, Widdergalle; also cf. the NHG name Bocksbohnen for M. trifoliata but according to Marzell the relation to 'ram, Bock' are not clear (Marzell 2000,III,166).