cyninges wyrt
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom cyninges (“king's”) + wyrt (“plant”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- (botany) marjoram (Origanum majorana)
- Synonym: wurmille
Declension
editDeclension of cyninges wyrt (strong i-stem)
Case | 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
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “cyninges-wyrt”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.