awyrtwalian

Surface Analysis ā- ("away from, out;" in this case strengthening the secondary meaning of the following) + wyrtwalian, converted from the noun wyrtwala, "root, stock;" possibly from wyrt "plant or herb" (Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wurt-; see wort) + *wala "root" (Compare vǫlr "round stick").

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈ.wyrt.wɑ.li.ɑn/, [ɑːˈ.wyrˠt.wɑ.li.ɑn]

āwyrtwalian

1. To root out; crush
   • 1871. King Alfred, Henry Sweet [Editor, Translator], King Alfred's West-Saxon Version of Gregory's Pastoral Care, Published by the Early English Text Society, p. 285 l. 1-4.

     Forðæm, ðonne wē foralwið ðone gecopestan tīman, ðætte wē ðonne ne bēoð onælde mid ðære lustbærnesse ūres mōdes, ðonne ofer ūs, oððæt hīo ūs āwyrtwalað from ælcre lustbærnesse gōdra weorca

     Therefore, when we put off the fittest time, so that we are not inspired with a hearty desire, sloth steals on us, and rules over us, until it tears us away from every desire of good works.

   • 1858. J. M. Kemble, Charles Hardwick. The Gospel according to Saint Matthew in Anglo-Saxon and Northumbrian versions, Published by University Press. p. 106, ch. XIII, v. 29

     Ðā cwæð hē, “Nese; þe læs ge þanne hwate āwertwalien, þanne ge þanne coccel gaderiað.”

     [KJV] 29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.