stensöta

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Old Swedish

Noun

stensöta

  1. common polypody

Descendants

  • Swedish: stensöta

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Etymology

Compound of sten (stone) +‎ söta (sweetness). Inherited from Old Swedish stensöta. Ultimately named for the sweet taste of their edible roots. First attested in the mid-to-late 1400s[1].

Noun

stensöta c

  1. Polypodium vulgare; common polypody, a type of fern native to western Europe and northern Africa; known for its edible root, which has a sweet, liquorice-like taste.
    • 1767 April 4, “LÄKAREN. Om Catharr, hoſta, ſnufwa, &c. [THE PHYSICIAN. On Catarrh, Cough, and Sneezing, &c.]”, in Stockholms Weckoblad, page 2:
      Aͤfwen de drickerna af Stenſoͤta och Alche rot, af quitten-ſlem och gelee aͤro tjenlige medel; Allenaſt boͤr man hålla det daͤrwid.
      Likewiſe, Drinks made from the Roots of Polypody and Alkanet, from Quince mucilage and jelly, are ſuitable Remedies; only one muſt adhere to theſe alone.
    • 1954, Linnar Linnarsson, Edsveden, page 158:
      Där stenar och block låg i skuggan, såsom i sänkor och backsluttningar, var de mossbelupna, och i springorna växte stensöta, vars besksöta rotstock vallpojkarna lät sig väl smaka.
      Where stones and boulders lay in the shade, such as in hollows and slopes, they were covered in moss, and in the crevices grew polypody, whose bitter-sweet rhizome the shepherd boys enjoyed.
    • 2012 November 14, Linda Nohrstedt, “Vertikala växter isolerar och dämpar buller [Vertical plants insulate and dampen noise.]”, in Ny Teknik:
      Stensöta har börjat sticka ut ur Whites prototyper. Men riktigt gröna kommer fasadbitarna inte att bli förrän till våren.
      Polypody has begun to stand out from White's prototypes. But the façade pieces will not become truly green until spring.
  2. Synonym of sminkrot (Lithospermum arvense; bastard alkanet)

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