wyrt

== Old English == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-West Germanic *wurti, from Proto-Germanic *wurt-, the oblique stem of *wrōts (whence root). Cognate with Old Saxon wurt, Old High German wurz, Old Norse urt, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐍃 (waurts). ==== Alternative forms ==== wert — late Kentish wirt — Late Old English ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /wyrt/, [wyrˠt] ==== Noun ==== wyrt f plant c. 992, Ælfric, "The 16th Sunday After Pentecost" late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies vegetable c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English early 11th century, anonymous gloss of Ælfric's Latin Colloquy (c. 995) early 11th century, anonymous gloss of Ælfric's Latin Colloquy (c. 995) unknown date and author, monastic sign language guide herb, spice c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Dedication of a Church" Blickling Homilies, "Palm Sunday" (rare) root of a plant c. 950–1050. Anonymous, "Daniel (Old English poem)", in Oxford, Boleian Library, Junius 11, ll. 497–499. Reprinted in 2013, Bintley, Michael D. J.; Shapland, Michael G. (eds.), Trees and Timber in the Anglo-Saxon World, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, p. 219. Translation from the same. Þuhte him þæt on foldan | fægre stode / wudubeam wlitig, | se wæs wyrtum fæst, / beorht on blædum. It seemed to him that there stood, fair upon the earth, a peerless tree that was steadfast in its roots and bright in its fruits. 975–1025 (date of MS). Anonymous, Beowulf, in the Nowell Codex. Translated and reprinted in 1999. Heaney, Seamus (trans.), Beowulf: A New Verse Translation, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, pp. 94–95, l. 1364. wudu wyrtum fæst | wæter oferhelmað Woods secured by roots cover over the water ===== Declension ===== Strong i-stem: ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: wurt, worte, wort English: wort Middle Scots: *wort (attested in plural wortis) Scots: wirt ⇒ Middle English: wurten, worten (“resembling or pertaining to spice, herbal”, adjective) === Etymology 2 === From a merger of Proto-West Germanic *wurtiju (“spice”) and Proto-West Germanic *wurti (“herb”). Cognate with Old Saxon wurtia. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /wyrt/, [wyrˠt] ==== Noun ==== wyrt f wort (as in brewing) ===== Declension ===== Strong ō-stem: ===== Derived terms ===== grēat wyrt māxwyrt mealtwyrt ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: wort, worte English: wort Scots: wirt ==== References ==== Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “wyrt”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.