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worms

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
worms, worsm, wurms, wursm, es; n.
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  • Worms

    pus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 52.
  • Uuorsm,

      Txts. 86, 777.
  • Wurms

    virus,

      Hpt. Gl. 520, 41.
  • Ðæt worms (worsm,

      Cote. MSS.
    ) ðara wunda,

    • Past. 36
    • ;
    • Swt. 259, 15.
  • Ðæt worsm

    putredo,

    • 38
    • ;
    • Swt. 273, 22.
  • Bið seó micge lyswen swilce worms,

      Lchdm. ii. 198, 27.
  • Se swile and ðæt worms,

      208, II.
  • Wið ða gerynnincge ðæs worsmes (wormses, v. l. ),

      i. 292, 8.
  • On ða ádle ðe mon wormse spíweþ,

    • ii. 200,. 21
    • :
    • 208, 5.
  • Hreófeligum wormse

    elephantino tabo,

      Hpt. Gl. 490, 38.
  • Áfléwð ðæt sár of ðære wunde mid ðý wormse

    mala livor vulneris abstergit,

    • Past. 36
    • ;
    • Swt. 259, 2.
  • Heó ðæt worsm (worms, v. l.) út átýhþ.

      Lchdm. i. 100, 13.
  • Ðæt worms,

      ii. 72, 14.
  • Ðæt wursm,

      202, 25.
  • Eall ðæt fole wæs on blǽdran and ða wǽron swíðe hreówlíce berstende and ða worms út siónde

    vesicas effervescentes, ulceraque manantia,

    • Ors. I. 7
    • ;
    • Swt. 38, 7.
Etymology
[
Mine wunden gedereð neowe wrusum (wursum, v. l.),
    A. R. 274, 3.
Wrusum sanies,
    322, II.
Worsum,
    C. M. 11835.
Wirrsenn, Orm. 4782.
]
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v. wyrms.
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v.  worsm wurms wursm.
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  • worms, n.