Old English · verb
awyrtwalian
Normalised āwyrtwalian
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 2
- IPA
- /ɑːˈ.wyrt.wɑ.li.ɑn/[ɑːˈ.wyrˠt.wɑ.li.ɑn]
- Syllables
- ɑː · wyrt · wɑ · li · ɑn (5 syllables)
Meaning
-
To root out; crush
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.
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.
Conjugation
| Present | Past | |
|---|---|---|
| Indicative | ||
| 1st singular | āwyrtwaliġe | āwyrtwalode |
| 2nd singular | āwyrtwalast | āwyrtwalodest |
| 3rd singular | āwyrtwalaþ | āwyrtwalode |
| Plural | āwyrtwaliaþ | āwyrtwalodon |
| Subjunctive | ||
| Singular | āwyrtwaliġe | āwyrtwalode |
| Plural | āwyrtwaliġen | āwyrtwaloden |
| Form | |
|---|---|
| Infinitive | āwyrtwalian |
| Inflected infinitive | āwyrtwalienne |
| Imperative singular | āwyrtwala |
| Imperative plural | āwyrtwaliaþ |
| Present participle | āwyrtwaliende |
| Past participle | āwyrtwalod |
All forms (14)
Etymology
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").
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