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wyrta

plant-gen.pl

Attested in Aelfric's Colloquy 3, Aelfric's Colloquy 4
Lemma: wyrt 'plant' (oe-gen-pl)

wyrt

N (fem, i-stem)

root, plant, herb

originates from: PWGmc *wurti 'root, plant' (wurti > wyrti > wyrt) through pwgmc-to-oe
(source: Ringe 2014:287)
Inflected forms
wyrtum 'plant.dat.pl' (oe-dat-pl) in Exeter Book Riddle 5
Component of compounds
wyrt-trum 'root-stock'

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