cyninges wyrt

Old English

Etymology

From cyninges (“king's”) +‎ wyrt (“plant”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈky.nin.ɡes wyrt/, [ˈky.niŋ.ɡes wyrˠt]

Noun

cyninges wyrt f

1. (botany) marjoram (Origanum majorana)

   Synonym: wurmille

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	cyninges wyrt	cyninges wyrte, cyninges wyrta
accusative	cyninges wyrt, cyninges wyrte	cyninges wyrte, cyninges wyrta
genitive	cyninges wyrte	cyninges wyrta
dative	cyninges wyrte	cyninges wyrtum

References

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