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the sole word for Root with the labouring 

 class, and perhaps it is so still. 



-nep from Latin napus in jxirsnep, turnep ; 

 now generally jfcirsnip, turnip. 



-thn : — mistil tdn. Signifies twig, rod : the 

 M. G. -tains is used of the vine-branch 

 veina-tains, as opposed to the vine-tree 

 veina-triic. 0. H. German zein, Icel. -tei?in 

 in Tnistilteinn (Voluspa). 



-treow, tree : — cwic, Jic, hwiting, magdala, 

 persoc, ^;^?^, plum, win, tvindel. 



-]7orn, thorn : — hmg porn, pife "^orn {pifan 

 '^orn). 



-Jjrote : — throat. 



-J)uiig : — clufpung. 



-wilige, willow : — grundes wilige, willow of 

 the ground. 



wyrt (later wurt) : M. G. vaurts : 0. S. wurt : 

 German -njurj. This is the oftenest recur- 

 ring suffix. In the tenth century it was 

 the most comprehensive term for herb. In 

 Genesis ii. 5 ' omnemque herbam regionis ' 

 is rendered by ^Ifric ' and call geers and 

 wyrta ealles eardes.' This wyrta is the 

 plural of wyrt. So we find in our Lists : 

 'Herha gaers vel wyrt,' The generality of 

 the word is well indicated in such glossinss 

 as 'Herbarium vel viridarium wyi't tun :' 

 and ' olus wurtes ' (a late plural form). To 



