printwermōd, fūla
noun,
m.,
a-decl.,
hapax legomenon
Type: plant
Last Update: 27.09.2011 09:29
Meanings Last Update: 10.01.2011 12:15
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A: plant: native
? Artemisia absinthium L., wormwood, Wermut -
B: plant: native
? Artemisia maritima L., sea wormwood, Strand-Beifuß
Comments Last Update: 27.09.2011 09:21
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Comment on (A): ? Artemisia absinthium L., wormwood, Wermut
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Comment on (B): ? Artemisia maritima L., sea wormwood, Strand-Beifuß
Cf. our comment on meaning A.
Occurrence Last Update: 05.06.2007 10:57
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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.
Biggam, Carole P..
"Grey' in Old English: an Interdisciplinary Semantic Study. London: Runetree, 1998.
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.
Biggam (1998,139) suggests either wormwood or sea wormwood: the grey appearance reminds of rotting plants and both species are also 'pungently aromatic' (sea wormwood), and 'nauseous' (wormwood) in terms of smell. Field wormwood, which is Cockayne's identification (1951,III,348), is described as 'unscented', which makes Cockaynes identification unlikely.