- wrótan
- sv/t7 3rd pres wréteþ past wréot/on ptp gewróten to root up
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
wrótan
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wrōtan — *wrōtan germ., stark. Verb: nhd. wühlen, aufwühlen; ne. burrow (Verb); Rekontruktionsbasis: got., an., ae., ahd.; Etymologie: idg. *u̯erd , Ver … Germanisches Wörterbuch
root — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English rōt, from Old Norse; akin to Old English wyrt root, Latin radix, Greek rhiza Date: 12th century 1. a. the usually underground part of a seed plant body that originates… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Reuten (2) — 2. Reuten, verb. reg. act. welches eigentlich reißen bedeutet, aber nur noch von dem Reißen der Wurzeln und Baumstöcke aus der Erde gebraucht wird. Die Baumwurzeln aus der Erde reuten. Besonders in dem zusammen gesetzten ausreuten, S. dasselbe.… … Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart
root — root1 rootlike, adj. /rooht, root/, n. 1. a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture. 2. a similar organ developed from some… … Universalium
root — root1 W2S3 [ru:t] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(plant)¦ 2¦(cause of a problem)¦ 3¦(origin/main part)¦ 4¦(family connection)¦ 5 put down roots 6¦(tooth/hair etc)¦ 7 take root 8 have a (good) root round 9¦(language)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
root — of a plant [OE] and root ‘dig with the nose’ [14] are distinct words. The former was borrowed from Old Norse rót, which goes back ultimately to the Indo European base *wrd . This also produced Latin rādīx ‘root’, source of 429 roux English… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
Rüssel — Sm std. (13. Jh.), mhd. rüezel Stammwort. Weiterbildung zu einem Wort, das in ae. wrōt, ndd. wrōte bezeugt ist. Dieses zu wg. * wrōt a Vst. wühlen in ae. wrōtan, ahd. ruozen. Weitere Herkunft unklar. Vielleicht zu l. rōdo ich nage , l. rōstrum n … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
root — {{11}}root (n.) underground part of a plant, late O.E. rot, from O.N. rot root, from P.Gmc. *wrot, *vrot (with characteristic loss of w before r ), from PIE *wrd . The Old English cognate was wyrt root, herb, plant (see WORT (Cf. wort)); also… … Etymology dictionary
root — root1 noun 1》 a part of a plant normally below ground, which acts as a support and collects water and nourishment. ↘a turnip, carrot, or other vegetable which grows as a root. 2》 the embedded part of a bodily organ or structure such as a hair … English new terms dictionary
root — I [[t]rut, rʊt[/t]] n. 1) bot a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture 2) bot any underground part of a plant, as a rhizome … From formal English to slang
