printþorn-rind
noun,
f.,
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hapax legomenon
Type: plant-part
Last Update: 29.08.2011 10:25
Meaning Last Update: 28.10.2008 14:26
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A: plant-part
-, thorn-bark, Außenhaut eines Dorns
Comment Last Update: 29.08.2011 10:24
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Comment on (A): -, thorn-bark, Außenhaut eines Dorns
Occurrence Last Update: 16.07.2010 12:23
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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.
Wichtl, Max.
Teedrogen und Phytopharmaka. Stuttgart: Wiss. Verlagsgesellsch., 2009.
Wright, Cyril E. (ed.).
Bald's Leechbook. Early English manuscripts in facsimile. 5. Kopenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1955.
Could þornrind be short for →slahþorn-rind? Modern demotic medicine still suggests blackthorn (flowers - there is no modern evidence for the use of the plant's bark) for gingivitis (cf. Wichtl 2009,532).