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wyrt

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
wyrt, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§112; §390;
a wort (e.g. St. John's wort),
plant, herb
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  • Gærs vel wyrt

    herba,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 35: 78, 71.

  • Ðeós wyrt, ðe man betonicam nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 70, 1: 90, 2,

    and often. Seó wyrt (herba )

    weóx,
      Mt. Kmbl. 13, 26.

  • Gemolsnad wyrt,

      Ps. Th. 89, 6.

  • Wyrta wynsume,

      Exon. Th. 233, 23; Ph. 529.

  • Sumra wyrta eard biþ on dúnum, sumra on merscum, sumra on mórum,

      Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 22.

  • Mid missenlícum blóstmum wyrta áfægrod

    variis herbarum floribus depictus,

      Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 22: Exon. Th. 358, 17; Pa. 47.

  • Gif mon sié wyrtum forboren,

      Lchdm. ii. 114, 8, 12.

  • Hé getimbreþ tánum and wyrtum nest,

      227, 29; Ph. 430.

  • God geworhte eall gærs and wyrta (

    omnem herbam

    ),
      Gen. 2, 5.

  • Ðú ytst ðære eorðan wyrta,

      3, 18: Ps. Th. 103, 13.

  • Werta,

      Kent. Gl. 687.
a garden herb, herb for food
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  • Gé teóþiaþ mintan and ǽlce wyrte (alle wyrte, Rush. omne holus ),

      Lk. Skt. 11, 42.

  • Wyrta olera, Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 31:

    fordalium

    (cf. wyrtmete), ii.
      150, 20.

  • Hit is ealra wyrta mǽst

    majus est omnibus holeribus,

      Mt. Kmbl. 13, 32.

  • Tó wertum

    ad olera,

      Kent. Gl. 524.

  • Gif gé mé (

    the cook) út ádrífaþ fram eówrum geférscype, gé etaþ wyrta (olera )

    eówre gréne,
      Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 11: 34, 27.
a root
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  • Wudubeám wæs wyrtum fæst,

      Cd. Th. 247, 19; Dan. 499: Beo. Th. 2732; B. 1364: Exon. Th. 209, 18; Ph. 172: 417, 2; Rä. 35, 7.
Etymology
[Goth. waurts a plant, a root: O. Sax. wurt a plant, root: O. H. Ger. wurz herba, olus: Icel. urt a herb.]
Similar entries
v. wudu-wyrt. The word occurs in the names of many plants, see the lists of plant-names given in Wrt. Voc. i. pp. 30-, 66-, 78-, 286-, and in Lchdm. iii. 311 sqq.
Linked entries
v.  blód-wyrt.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wyrt.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/37016.

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