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maða

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
maða, an; m.
A grub, worm, maggot
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  • Maþa

    tomus ( = tarmus),

    • Ælfc. Gl. 23
    • ;
    • Som. 60, 12
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 24, 16
    • .
  • Maða (maðu?)

    cimex,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 44.
  • His gesceapu maðan weóllon,

    • Homl. Th. i. 86, 10.
  • Cf. Eorþ-mata (-maða?)

    vermis,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 44.
Etymology
[
York. Gl. mad an earthworm
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Prompt. Parv. make, maþe, wyrm yn þe fleshe tarmus
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O. E. Homl. meaðen i forrotet flesch, i. 251, 19
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Goth. maþa a worm
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O. L. Ger. matho lignorum et lardi vermis
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O. H. Ger. mado tarmus, tarmes
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Ger. made: cf.
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Icel. maðkr grub, worm.
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v. maðu.
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