greate wyrt

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From grēat (“great”) +‎ wyrt (“plant”)

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈɡræ͜ɑː.te wyrt/, [ˈɡræ͜ɑː.te wyrˠt]

Noun[edit]

grēate wyrt f

(botany) meadow saffron (Colchicum autumnale)

Declension[edit]

Declension of greate wyrt (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	grēate wyrt	grēate wyrte, grēate wyrta
accusative	grēate wyrt, grēate wyrte	grēate wyrte, grēate wyrta
genitive	grēate wyrte	grēate wyrta
dative	grēate wyrte	grēate wyrtum

References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “cyninges-wyrt”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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