smæl-þistel

Old-English: smælþistel, smelthistel, smelþistel,

Latin (Machine generated): ACANTALEUCA, ACANTALEUCE, ANTELEUCE, CARDUUS,

• →þistel;

• A: plant: foreign
  ? Cirsium ferox (L.) DC., -, Hohe Bergdistel

• Comment on (A): ? Cirsium ferox (L.) DC., -, Hohe Bergdistel

  The gloss goes back to HA CLIII: Đeos wyrt þe man acanta leuce 7 oþrum naman [Leerstelle] nemneþ [...] hafaþ leaf swylce wulfes camb ac hi beoþ mearwran[1] 7 hwitran, the source is Dioscorides 3,12 (Berendes 1902270): "Die weiße Akantha[2] [...] hat Blätter ähnlich denen des weißen Chamaileon, aber schmaler und weißer." The literal translation of the plant name 'small thistle, Schmaldistel' reflects this description.

  The name is not used in modern botanical nomenclature, therefore it is difficult to match the name with a real plant. Other old names for this plant are ACANTHA ALBA, ACANTA LEUCE, BEDEGAR, SPINA ALBA, etc., which are shared by other thorny plants like the rose or the whitethorn. C. ferox is a plant of the Italian, French and Spanish alps.