print
rud niolin
noun,
,
,
hapax legomenon
Type: plant
Last Update: 10.08.2011 08:53
Meaning Last Update: 17.07.2010 10:01
-
A: plant: native
? Persicaria hydropiper (L.) Delabre, water-pepper, Wasserpfeffer-Knöterich
Comment Last Update: 10.08.2011 08:51
-
Comment on (A): ? Persicaria hydropiper (L.) Delabre, water-pepper, Wasserpfeffer-Knöterich
Occurrence Last Update: 21.09.2010 08:56
Image Last Update: 10.08.2011 08:53
? Persicaria hydropiper (L.) Delabre, water-pepper, Wasserpfeffer-Knöterich |
|
|
|
Botanical-Information: stylised plate Source: →reference-information |
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.
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.
[1]:
The MS reads rud molin. Leonhardi follows Cockayne"s emendation (1951,II,342, note.1) and reads niolin.
Cf. Cockayne (1951,II,403): "a Norse word signifying Red stalked, from rođ, red, nioli stalk." Cf. the ModE names bloodwort, red knees, red shank, redweed (Britten / Holland 1886,600).