tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834972773043127807.post6474915404264283942..comments2024-02-17T14:40:18.105+00:00Comments on Life On An Oxfordshire Lawn: Hedge Bindweed Calystegia sepiumHenry Walloonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16370052352586546748noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834972773043127807.post-5811613001075935292017-05-16T15:21:25.933+01:002017-05-16T15:21:25.933+01:00Always look for new articles on plants, this is ju...Always look for new articles on plants, this is just what I wanted to read. Thank you for sharing it with us and keep posting such posts,Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03693328314011739038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834972773043127807.post-73226746044247109632011-10-11T09:32:54.770+01:002011-10-11T09:32:54.770+01:00What little I know of wild flowers I picked up fro...What little I know of wild flowers I picked up from my mother in my Oxfordshire childhood. The Flanders and Swann song is news to me, bindweed may be all around us but what little we know.Leeds daily photohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18240127660481382397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834972773043127807.post-42566034709819173302011-06-19T18:06:23.644+01:002011-06-19T18:06:23.644+01:00We aren't too far apart in what we are trying ...We aren't too far apart in what we are trying to do with our blogs really! Only I don't have a microscope and don't know the latin names for anything! Ironic really, for a classicistSimon Douglas Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331409652996600049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834972773043127807.post-37210892779989477552011-06-07T22:12:50.045+01:002011-06-07T22:12:50.045+01:00Hi Anne
Thankyou so much for the new insight.
I h...Hi Anne<br /><br />Thankyou so much for the new insight.<br />I had come across the name 'bearbind' but hadn't realised it meant 'barley' and its fascinating to know that there is a long list of similar names in Flanders and the Netherlands.<br /><br />I've also had a look at your own blog. Sadly I can't speak Dutch, but the photos are incredible!<br /><br />best<br /><br />HenryHenry Walloonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16370052352586546748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834972773043127807.post-66862849852262471842011-06-07T20:32:15.435+01:002011-06-07T20:32:15.435+01:00I'm always glad when I find something interest...I'm always glad when I find something interesting about the names of native plants in my garden...<br />Apart from the 'official' Dutch names Haagwinde en Akkerwinde for (Calystegia sepium and Convolvulus arvensis, both species have many names in Flanders and the Netherlands that can be linked to the Anglo-sakson 'bearbind' (beerbinde, beerwinde, beerbende, beerbente, bawinde, bowinde,verwin, werewin, merwin...)<br />According to R.C.A. Prior ("The popular names of British plants", 1864, blz. 17) 'bearbind' comes "from its binding together the stalks of bear or barly". (Bear, beer, beir, bere are names that should be still in use in some places for barley)<br />The modern English barley is derived from the Anglosakson baer or bere, related to the Gothic baris and Latin far... or so I found on <a href="http://www.plantaardigheden.nl/aardig/aardigheden/uittien/uittien13.htm%22" rel="nofollow">this site</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com