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Smyrnium_olusatrum

attrum

noun, n., , 4 occ.

Type: plant

Last Update: 08.04.2011 09:05

Reference Last Update: 25.11.2022 15:31

Meaning Last Update: 15.05.2009 10:50

  • A: plant: introduced
    ?? Smyrnium olusatrum L., alexanders, Schwarze Gelbdolde
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Comment Last Update: 08.11.2011 08:23

  • Comment on (A): ?? Smyrnium olusatrum L., alexanders, Schwarze Gelbdolde

    Presumably not a plant name. Cockyane 1961,III,312 idenifyes attrum as Smyrnium olus-atrum L. (cf. →alexandria). BTS, s.v. at(t)rum, give the meaning 'a black liquid or pigment', and ClH: 'ink', without referring to the occurrences of the LB. These hardly indicate a plant name. Especialy cf. →attrum, crecisc.

    Etymology: if it is a plant name at all, it is related to L ATRUM. cf. Hegi (1906,V,1097): Olus-atrum: "Alt­lateinischer Name bei Columella und Plinius, bedeutet 'schwarzes Gemüse' we­gen der auffallend schwarzen Früchte."

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Occurrences Last Update: 23.04.2009 06:41

  • LB, 12/19 nasg attrum
  • LB, 12/31 nasg attrum
  • LB, 94/37 nasg attrum
  • LB, 95/9 nasg attrum
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Etymology Last Update: 08.04.2011 09:05

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Image Last Update: 08.04.2011 09:05

?? Smyrnium olusatrum L., alexanders, Schwarze Gelbdolde
Smyrnium_olusatrum

Botanical-Information: stylised plate

Source: →reference-information

Fitch, Walter Hood. Illustrations of the British Flora: London: Reeve, 1924.

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Research Literature

BTS: Toller, Thomas Northcote. An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary. Nachdruck der Ausgabe von: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1921. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972.
BW I: Bierbaumer, Peter. Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 1. Bern, Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 1975.
ClH: Clark Hall, John Richard. A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary. 4th ed. MART 14. Cambridge: University Press, 1960.
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.