wort
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Etymology 1
From Middle English wort, wurt, wyrte (“plant”), from Old English wyrt (“herb, vegetable, plant, crop, root”), from Proto-Germanic *wurtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds. Cognate with German Wurz (“herb, root”), Danish urt (“herb”), Swedish ört (“herb”), Icelandic jurt (“herb”), Latin rādix (“root”). More at root.
Noun
wort (plural worts)
- (archaic) A plant; herb; vegetable.
- Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly
- he drinks water, and lives on wort leaves, pulse, like a hogg, or scraps like a dog […].
- (Can we date this quote by Jeremy Taylor and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- It is an excellent pleasure to be able to take pleasure in worts and water, in bread and onions, for then a man can never want pleasure when it is so ready for him, that nature hath spread it over all its provisions.
- Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly
- Any of various plants or herbs, used in combination to refer to specific plants such as St. John's wort, or on its own as a generic term.
- 2009, Victoria Zak, 20,000 Secrets of Tea, page 172:
- Two saints are credited with giving St. John’s wort its name. One was St. John of Jerusalem, who used the wort (plant) during the crusades to heal his knights’ battlefield wounds, and the other was John the Baptist.
Derived terms
- adder's wort
- adderwort
- asterwort(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- banewort
- barrenwort
- bearwort
- bellwort
- birthwort
- bishop's wort
- bitterwort
- bladderwort
- blawort
- bloodwort
- blue throatwort
- blushwort(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.) - bogwort
- boragewort
- bridewort
- brimstonewort
- brotherwort
- brownwort
- bruisewort
- bugwort
- bullwort
- burstwort
- butterwort
- cancerwort
- catwort
- clown's ringwort
- colewort
- common ragwort
- coralwort
- crosswort
- damewort
- danewort
- dragonwort
- dropwort*
- dungwort
- earwort(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- elderwort
- European pillwort
- fanwort
- felonwort
- feltwort
- felwort
- feverwort
- figwort
- flapwort (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template., syn. Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- fleawort
- flukewort
- frostwort
- fumewort
- galewort
- garlicwort(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- German madwort
- gipsywort
- glasswort
- golden ragwort
- goutwort
- gutwort
- gypsywort
- hammerwort
- hartwort
- heathwort
- hillwort
- hogwort
- holewort
- honewort
- honeywort
- hoodwort
- hornwort
- ironwort
- kelpwort
- kidneywort
- knotwort
- laserwort
- lazarwort
- leadwort
- lichwort
- lilywort
- liverwort
- lousewort
- lungwort*
- lustwort
- madderwort
- madwort
- maidenhair spleenwort(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- marshwort
- masterwort
- maudlinwort
- maywort
- meadowwort
- milkwort
- miterwort
- mitrewort
- modiwort
- moneywort
- moonwort
- moorwort
- motherwort
- moudiewort
- moudiwort
- mountain spiderwort
- mowdiewort
- mudwort
- mugwort
- mulewort
- nailwort(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- nettlewort
- nipplewort
- peachwort
- pearlwort
- pennywort*
- pepperwort
- peterwort
- pilewort
- pillwort
- pipewort
- quillwort
- quinsywort
- rattlewort
- ribwort
- rosewort
- rupturewort
- saltwort
- sandwort
- sawwort
- scorpionwort
- scurvywort
- sea milkwort(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- sea sandwort
- setterwort
- sicklewort
- sleepwort
- slipperwort
- sneezewort
- soapwort
- sparrowwort
- spearwort*
- spiderwort
- spleenwort
- spoonwort
- springwort
- spurwort
- St. James' wort
- St. John's wort
- St. Peter's wort
- stabwort
- staggerwort
- staithwort
- standerwort
- starwort*
- staverwort
- stinkwort
- stitchwort
- stonewort
- strapwort
- sulphurwort
- swallowwort*
- sweetwort
- talewort
- tetterwort
- thoroughwort
- throatwort
- thrumwort
- toothwort
- towerwort
- trophywort(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- wartwort
- water figwort
- waterwort
- willowwort(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.) (Salicaceae) - wortlike
- wortlore
- worty
- woundwort
- yellow starwort (Inula helenium)
- yellowwort (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
* Entries containing derived terms containing wort
Translations
Further reading
Etymology 2
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From Middle English wort, worte (“brewing wort”), from Old English wyrt, wyrte (“brewing wort, new beer, spice”), from Proto-Germanic *wurtijō (“spice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥h₂d- (“sprout, root”). Cognate with Dutch wort (“wort”), German Würze (“wort, seasoning, spice”), Danish urt (“beer wort”), Swedish vört (“beer wort”).
Noun
wort (uncountable)
- (brewing) Liquid extract from the ground malt and grain soaked in hot water, the mash, as one of the steps in making beer.
- 2004, Harold McGee, chapter 13, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:
- Making the wort with nothing but barley malt and hot water is the standard method in Germany, and in many U.S. microbreweries.
- 2017, Jon C. Stott, Beer 101 North:
- While Robert and I were chatting generally about the craft brewing explosion, Piper arrived in the taproom. He didn't call her his “ale wife,” but it soon became apparent that she had “good wort cunning.”
Translations
Further reading
Anagrams
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą. Cognate with German Wort, Dutch woord, English word, Icelandic orð.
Noun
wort n
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
wort n (uncountable)
- wort (unfermented beer)
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch wort, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰh₁om.
Noun
wort n or f
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
Descendants
Further reading
- “wort”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wort (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English wyrt (“plant, herb”), from Proto-Germanic *wrōts (oblique stem *wurt-), from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds. Doublet of rote (“root”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈwurt/
Noun
wort (plural wortes or worten)
- A plant (not including trees, shrubs, etc.):
- a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Matheu 13:31-32”, in Wycliffe's Bible:
- Another parable Jheſus puttide forth to hem, and ſeide, The kyngdom of heuenes is lijk to a corn of ſeneuey, which a man took, and ſewe in his feeld. / Which is the leeste of alle ſeedis, but whanne it hath woxen, it is the moste of alle wortis, and is maad a tre; ſo that briddis of the eir comen, and dwellen in the bowis therof.
- Jesus put another parable in front of them; he said: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in their field. / It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it grows, it is the largest of all the plants; it becomes a tree, so the birds of the air come and nest in its branches."
Usage notes
This term is often used in compounds.
Related terms
Descendants
- English: wort
References
- “wǒrt (n.(1))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-22.
Etymology 2
From Old English wyrt, wyrte (“wort”), from Proto-Germanic *wurtijō.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
wort (uncountable)
- Wort (as in brewing) or an analogous mixture (e.g. used for mead)
Descendants
References
- “wǒrt (n.(2))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-22.
Middle High German
Etymology
From Old High German wort.
The sense verb is a literal translation of Latin verbum.
Noun
wort n
- word
- (grammar) verb
- 14th century, Heinrich von Mügeln. Normalised spellings: 1867, Karl Julis Schröer, Die Dichtungen Heinrichs von Mügeln (Mogelîn) nach den Handschriften besprochen, Wien, p. 476:
- Nam, vornam, wort, darnâch
- zûwort, teilfanc, zûfûg ich sach,
- vorsatz, înworf under irem dach
- gemunzet und geformet stân.
- 14th century, Heinrich von Mügeln. Normalised spellings: 1867, Karl Julis Schröer, Die Dichtungen Heinrichs von Mügeln (Mogelîn) nach den Handschriften besprochen, Wien, p. 476:
Descendants
- Alemannic German:
- Bavarian: Wort
- Central Franconian: Woot, Wort (Moselle Franconian; some dialects of Ripuarian)
- Hunsrik: Wort
- German: Wort
- Luxembourgish: Wuert
- Vilamovian: wiüt
- Yiddish: וואָרט (vort)
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo-.
Noun
wort n
Inflection
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Singular | Plural | |
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nominative | wort | wort |
accusative | wort | wort |
genitive | wordes | wordo |
dative | worde | wordon |
Descendants
Further reading
- “wort”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wurdą, whence also Old Dutch wort, Old Saxon and Old English word, Old Norse orð, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 (waurd). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo-.
The sense verb is a literal translation of Latin verbum.
Pronunciation
Noun
wort n
Declension
case | singular | plural |
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nominative | wort | wort |
accusative | wort | wort |
genitive | wortes | worto |
dative | worte | wortum |
instrumental | wortu | — |
Descendants
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