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wyrm-cyn

  • noun [ neuter ]
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wyrm-cyn, wyrm-cynn, es; n.
the genus reptile, reptiles, serpents
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  • Hí gesáwon æfter wætere wyrmcynnes fela, sellíce sǽdracan, sund cunnian,

    • Beo. Th. 2855
    • ;
    • B. 1425.
  • Betwux dracum and aspidum and eallum wyrmcynne,

      Homl. Th. i. 488, 1.
  • Betwux eallum deórcynne and wurmcynne,

      102, 6.
  • On ðam fíftan dæge hé gesceóp eall wyrmcynn, and eall fisccynn,

      Lchdm. iii. 234, 11.
a species of reptile or serpent
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  • Scorpio, ðæt is án wyrmcynn,

      Lk. Skt. 11, 12.
  • Wyrmcyn,

      Nar. 13, 10.
  • Nis nán wyrmcynn ne wildeóra cynn on yfelnysse gelíc yfelum wífe,

      Homl. Th. 1. 488, 10.
  • On wéstennum wildeóra and wyrmcynna missenlícra,

    • Ors. 3, 9
    • ;
    • Swt. 136, 25
    • :
    • Exon. Th. 371, 31
    • ;
    • Seel. 84.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. wurm-chunni.
]
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  • wyrm-cyn, n.