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w
y
rt
N (fem, i-stem)
root,
plant
, herb
Source:
Ringe 2014
:287,
https://bosworthtoller.com/37016
originates from: PWGmc
*wurti
'root, plant' (wurti
>
wyrti
>
wyrt) through pwgmc-to-oe
(source:
Ringe 2014
:287)
Inflected forms
wyrta
'plant
-gen.pl
' (
oe-gen-pl
)
in
Aelfric's Colloquy 3
,
Aelfric's Colloquy 4
wyrtum
'plant
.dat.pl
' (
oe-dat-pl
)
in
Exeter Book Riddle 5
Component of compounds
wyrt-trum
'root-stock'
Paradigms