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riscen

adjective, , , hapax legomenon

Type: plant-related

Last Update: 21.09.2010 06:52

Reference Last Update: 22.11.2022 12:10

Meaning Last Update: 25.10.2008 13:21

  • A: plant-related
    -, rushes, of ~, Binsen, aus ~
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Comment Last Update: 10.08.2011 08:15

  • Comment on (A): -, rushes, of ~, Binsen, aus ~

    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.

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Occurrence Last Update: 21.09.2010 06:52
  • Prud, 241[1] FILA...SCIRPEA, IUNCEA riscene weocan
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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.