awyrtwalian

Old English

Etymology

Surface Analysis a- ("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" (Cognate of Old English wert (Kentish), Old English wirt (Late OE), Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wurt-; see wort) + *wala "root" (Compare vǫlr "round stick").

Verb

āwyrtwalian

1. To root out; crush
   • 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.

     Forðæm, ðonne we foralwið ðone gecopestan timan, ðætte we ðonne ne beoð onælde mid ðære lustbærnesse ures modes, ðonne ofer ūs, oððæt hio us awyrtwalað from ælcre lustbærnesse godra 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.

   • 1858. J. M. Kemble, Charles Hardwick. The Gospel according to Saint Matthew in Anglo-Saxon and Northumbrian versions, Published by University Press. p. 106, ch. XIII, v. 29

     Ða cwæð he, Nese; þe læs ge þanne hwate awertwalien, þanne ge þanne coccel gaderiað

     [KJV] 29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

Conjugation

Conjugation of awyrtwalian (weak class 2)

infinitive	awyrtwalian	awyrtwalienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	awyrtwaliġe	awyrtwalode
second person singular	awyrtwalast	awyrtwalodest
third person singular	awyrtwalaþ	awyrtwalode
plural	awyrtwaliaþ	awyrtwalodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	awyrtwaliġe	awyrtwalode
plural	awyrtwaliġen	awyrtwaloden
imperative
singular	awyrtwala
plural	awyrtwaliaþ
participle	present	past
	awyrtwaliende	(ġe)awyrtwalod