greate wyrt

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

grēate wyrt f

1. (botany) meadow saffron (Colchicum autumnale)

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	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

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