Ammi_majus

bisceop-wyrt, sūþerne

noun, f., i-decl., hapax legomenon

Type: plant

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Reference Last Update: 29.03.2022 09:51

Meaning Last Update: 19.04.2011 15:00

  • A: plant: foreign
    Ammi maius L., bullwort, Bischofskraut
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Comment Last Update: 16.11.2011 11:13

  • Comment on (A): Ammi maius L., bullwort, Bischofskraut

    Suggested by Cockayne (1061,II,372) as most likely identification for →bisceop-wyrt and also for this plant name. It is a highly doubtful identification for →bisceop-wyrt but it seems to perfectly suit sūþerne bisceop-wyrt.

    Nevertheless, his identification process is based on the ModE plant name: The OED (s.v. ammi) records the first occurrence for this name (for the genus Ammi) in 1551 (Turner's Herbal) and gives no suitable citation s.v. bishop, 10b. Marzell (2000,1,247) documents the use of Amey as plant name starting with Fuchs, 1543; he does not link the plant to the G name Bischofskraut.

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Occurrence Last Update: 30.04.2009 09:33

  • LB, 83/4f asg bisceopwyrt þa suþernan
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Image Last Update: 16.11.2011 10:29

Ammi maius L., bullwort, Bischofskraut

Ammi_majus

Botanical-Information: stylised plate

Kops, Jan, and F. W. van Eeden. Flora Batava of Afbeelding en Beschrijving van Nederlandsche Gevassen. XVI. Deel. Leiden: De Breuk en Smits, 1881.

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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.
DOE: Cameron, Angus, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette di Paolo Healey, et al. (eds.). Dictionary of Old English (A to G). CD-Rom. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies for the Dictionary of Old English Project, 2008.
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.
OED: Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2009. .
Deegan, Marilyn. A Critical Edition of MS. B.L. Royal 12.D.XVII: Bald's 'Leechbook'. Diss. Univ. of Manchester. 1988.
Marzell, Heinrich. Wörterbuch der deutschen Pflanzennamen. Mit Unterstützung der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Bearb. von Heinrich Marzell. Unter Mitw. von Wilhelm Wissmann. Köln: Parkland, 2000.
MS London, British Library, Royal 12 D.xvii.
Wright, Cyril E. (ed.). Bald's Leechbook. Early English manuscripts in facsimile. 5. Kopenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1955.