printsenep-sǣd
noun,
n.,
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hapax legomenon
Type: plant-part
Last Update: 09.08.2010 10:56
Meaning Last Update: 02.08.2010 09:02
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A: plant-part: native "Probably native." (Clapham 1962,125)
Sinapis semen, mustard seed, Senfsamen
Comment Last Update: 22.08.2011 08:22
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Comment on (A): Sinapis semen, mustard seed, Senfsamen
Research Literature
BW II:
Bierbaumer, Peter.
Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 2. Bern, Frankfurt am Main, München: Lang, 1976.
PD:
Löweneck, Max (ed.).
Peri Didaxeon. Erlanger Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 12. Erlangen: Junge, 1896.
Banham, Debby.
The Knowledge and Uses of Food Plants in Anglo-Saxon England. Diss. Cambridge University. Index to Theses. 40. Cambridge: 1990.
Cockayne, Oswald Thomas (ed.).
"Peri Didaxeon." 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. 3. Rev. Ed. by Charles Singer. London: Holland Press, 1961. 82-143.
Sanborn, Linda (ed.).
An Edition of British Library MS. Harley 6258B: Peri Didaxeon. Diss. Ottawa: University of Ottawa, 1983.
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Cont.: Nim senepsæd and næpsæd; L text (Löweneck 1896,6/17f): SINAPEM ET NAPE SEMEN.
Probably the seed of S. alba L.; white mustard; Weißer Senf, or Brassica nigra L.; black mustard; Schwarzer Senf.