wamm
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Adjective
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wamm
; adj. Add: -- Wom[mum?]
maculoso, An. Ox. 17, 48.
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wamm
, es; m. n. I. in a physical sense, (a) a spot, mark, blot. stain :-- Wam livor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 17. Wommum nevis, 61, 39. (b) filth, impurely, corruption :-- Wyrms oððe wom lues, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 27; Zup. 53, 7. Cwealmbǽrne wom letiferam luem (gipsae crudelitas, quae letiferam civibus luem inferebat, Ald. 69), Hpt. 518, 41. Wom illuviem, immunditiam (carceris, Ald. 48), 488, 31. Gold ðæt in wylme bið womma (woman, Kmbl. but MS. has woma) gehwylces geclǽnsod, Elen. Kmbl. 2618; El. 1310. II. fig.
wamm
; adj. I. foul :-- Ic under eorþan sceáwige wom wræcscrafu (? wrað-, MS. ) wráþra gésta, Exon. Th. 424, 18; Ru. 41, 41. II. evil, wicked :-- Ná ðú be gewyrhtum, Wealdend, úrum, wommum wyrhtum woldest ús dón non secundum peccata nostra fecit nobis, Ps. Th. 102, 10. [O. Sax. wamm (dád): cf. Goth. ga-wamms communis; un-wamms immaculatus, sine macula.]
