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wurma

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Grammar
wurma, wyrma, an; m.: wurme, an; f.
A shell-fish from which a purple dye was obtained, a purple dye; also woad, a plant from which a dye is got
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  • Wurma

    murex,

    wurma, weoloc

    murice,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 64, 62.

  • Wurma, reád godwebb

    ostrum,

      64, 10.

  • Wyrma

    ostrum,

      i. 286, 34.

  • Wurman

    murice,

      ii. 114, 46.

  • Ungemæccre wurman

    dispari murice,

      141, 19.

  • Mid unilícere wurman,

      Hpt. Gl. 431, 42.

  • Ungelícum wurman,

      Anglia xiii. 29, 58.

  • Wolcreádum wurman

    bistincto cocco sive

    vermiculo,

      29, 56.

  • Twyhíwedum wurman,

      Hpt. Gl. 431, 31.

  • Mid reádre wurman oǽroceo

    luto

    • (v. Ald. 75), 524, 40
      • :
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 48 (printed wurmaman)
      • .

  • Wurman geblonden,

    • Exon. Th. 218, 14
      • ;
    • Ph. 294.

  • Wyrman

    murice,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 23
      • :
    • 89, 29.

  • Wyrman (printed wyrmaman,

      cf. 52, 48
    )

    luto,

      87, 32.

  • Wyrman

    (purpureo) ostro,

      Hpt. Gl. 522, 5.

  • Genim myrran and hwít récels and safinam and saluiam and wurman,

      Lchdm. ii. 294, 24.

  • Wurmum

    muricibus,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 20
      • :
    • Hpt. Gl. 524, 27.

  • Wurman,

      431, 47.
Etymology
[
O. Frs. worma
:
O. H. Ger. wurmo vermiculus.
]
Similar entries
v. cor-, corn-, feld-, stán-wurma; wurm-reád.
Linked entries
v.  wyrma wyrmaman wyrm-basu.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wurma.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/36887.

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