- wyrtruma
- m (-n/-n) root, root-stock; origin, beginning, stock (2)
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
wirtruma — see wyrtruma … Old to modern English dictionary
money is the root of all evil — Cf. I TIMOTHY vi. 10 (AV) The love of money is the root of all evil. Both the biblical original and the shorter version are current. c 1000 AELFRIC Homilies (1843) I. 256 Seo gytsung is ealra yfelra thinga wyrtruma [covetousness is the root of… … Proverbs new dictionary