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wermōd, ōþer

noun, m., a-decl., hapax legomenon

Type: plant

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Reference Last Update: 28.03.2022 20:47

Meaning Last Update: 10.01.2011 11:58

  • A: plant: native
    Artemisia absinthium L., wormwood, Absinth
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Comment Last Update: 10.01.2011 12:00

  • Comment on (A): Artemisia absinthium L., wormwood, Absinth

    The attribute ōþerne is used to distinguish one wormwood-species from the other (southern wormwood).

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Occurrence Last Update: 05.06.2007 10:49

  • LB, 71/17 asg þone suþernan wermod, þæt is prutene 7 oþerne wermod
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Image Last Update: 10.01.2011 12:01

Artemisia absinthium L., wormwood, Absinth

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Botanical-Information: stylised plate

Source: →reference-information

Thomé, Otto Wilhelm. Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. In 4 Mappen ; 531 Tafeln in naturgetreuen Farben mit 668 Pflanzenarten. Leipzip: Teubner, 1938.

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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.
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.