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the sole word for Root with the labouring 



class, and perhaps it is so still. 

 -nep from Latin napus in parsnep, turnep ; 



now generally parsnip, turnip. 

 -tan : mistil tdn. Signifies twig, rod : the 



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



veina-tains, as opposed to the vine-tree 



veina-triu. 0. H. German zein, Icel. -teinn 



in mistilteinn (Voluspa). 

 -treow, tree : cwic, jic, hwiting, magdala, 



persoc, pin, plum, win, windel. 

 -J>orn, thorn: hcegfiorn, pife^orn (pifan 



-)>rote : throat. 



-J>ung :cluffiung. 



-wilige, willow : grundes wilige, willow of 

 the ground. 



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

 German -ttwrg. 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 ^Elfric ' and call gsers and 

 wyrta ealles eardes.' This wyrta is the 

 plural of wyrt. So we % find in our Lists: 

 'fferba gsers vel wyrt/ The generality of 

 the word is well indicated in such glossings 

 as ' Herbarium vel viridarium wyrt tun : ' 

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



