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adjective,
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hapax legomenon
Type: plant-related
Last Update: 21.09.2010 06:52
Meaning Last Update: 25.10.2008 13:21
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A: plant-related
-, rushes, of ~, Binsen, aus ~
Comment Last Update: 10.08.2011 08:15
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Comment on (A): -, rushes, of ~, Binsen, aus ~
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.
Prud:
Meritt, Herbert Dean.
The Old English Prudentius Glosses at Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Stanford studies in language and literature ; 16. Stanford: AMS P., 1967.
Hoops, Johannes.
Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde. 4 Bände. Straßburg: Trübner, 1911.
MS Boulogne-sur-Mer, Bibliotheque Municipale, 189.
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Cf. AntK 86,9 PAPIRUS weoce.
OE wēoce = 'wick, Docht'; according to Hoops (1911, s.v. Beleuchtung) in Norway Viking graves lamps were found which had the pith of rushes greased with tallow for wicks.