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Old English · noun

wyrtwala

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
Modern English
root

Meaning

  1. the root of a plant

  2. a root, a source, an origin

  3. the foot of a hill

Declension

Declension of wyrtwala
SingularPlural
Nominative wyrtwalawyrtwalan
Accusative wyrtwalanwyrtwalan
Genitive wyrtwalanwyrtwalena
Dative wyrtwalanwyrtwalum

All forms (4)

Etymology

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

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