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Old English · noun

wyrtcyn

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈwyrtˌkyn/
[ˈwyrˠtˌkyn]
Syllables
ˈwyrt · ˌkyn (2 syllables)
Modern English
typespecies

Meaning

  1. type or species of plant

Declension

Declension of wyrtcyn
SingularPlural
Nominative wyrtcynwyrtcyn
Accusative wyrtcynwyrtcyn
Genitive wyrtcyneswyrtcyna
Dative wyrtcynewyrtcynum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From wyrt (“plant”) + cynn (“kind”)

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