wyrtwala

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from wyrt (“plant, herb”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wurt- (see wort), and *wala (“root”), compare Old Norse vǫlr (“round stick”).

Noun

wyrtwala m

  1. the root of a plant
  2. a root, a source, an origin
  3. the foot of a hill

Declension

Weak:

singular plural
nominative wyrtwala wyrtwalan
accusative wyrtwalan wyrtwalan
genitive wyrtwalan wyrtwalena
dative wyrtwalan wyrtwalum

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References

  1. ^ Kitson, Peter (1990), “On old English nouns of more than one gender”, in English Studies, volume 71, number 3, Taylor & Francis, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 212.
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