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wyrm

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wyrm, wurm, weorm, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§112; §282; §387; §562;
a reptile, serpent
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  • Mé nædre beswác, fáh wyrm þurh fægir word,

    • Cd. Th. 55, 24
      • ;
    • Gen. 899.

  • Se wyrm (the fire-drake) onwóc,

    • Beo. Th. 4563
      • ;
    • B. 2287.

  • Ðæs wyrmes wíg,

    • 4621
      • ;
    • B. 2316.

  • Hé wearp hine on wyrmes líc,

    • Cd. Th. 31, 26
      • ;
    • Gen. 491.

  • Ne wirce gé eów náne andlícnissa wurmes ne fisces (reptilium sive piscium),

      Deut. 4, 18.

  • Hé wyrm ácwealde, hordes hyrde ... Ðæt swurd þurhwód wyrm ... draca morðre swealt,

    • Beo. Th. 1777-1789
      • ;
    • B. 886-892.

  • Wyrmas

    reptilia,

      Blickl. G1.

  • Froxan ... swá fela ðæt man ne mihte nánne mete gegyrwan, ðæt ðara wyrma nǽre emfela ðæm mete

    ranae per omnia reptantes,

    • Ors. 1, 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 36, 28.

  • Wyrma þreát, dracan and næddran,

    • Cd. Th. 285, 12
      • ;
    • Sat. 336.

  • Wyrma slite,

    • Exon. Th. 77, 4
      • ;
    • Cri. 1251.

  • Wyrmum bewunden in helle bryne,

    • Judth. Thw. 23, 10
      • ;
    • Jud. 115.

  • Ic sende wildera deóra téð on hig mid wurmum and næddrum

    dentes bestiarum immittam in eos atque serpentium,

      Deut. 32, 24.

  • Wurmum tó ǽte,

      Wulfst. 145, 10.

  • Aspidas, ǽtrene wyrmas,

      Ps. Th. 139, 3.

  • Nicras, wyrmas and wildeór,

    • Beo. Th. 2864
      • ;
    • B. 1430.
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  • Brandháta níð weóll on gewitte, weorm blǽdum fág,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1538
      • ;
    • An. 770.
a creeping insect, a worm
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  • Wyrm

    vermis,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 78, 24.

  • Wyrm ðe boraþ treów termes vel

    teredo,

      24, 8.

  • Hundes wyrm

    ricinus,

      24, 33.

  • Se wyrm (a book-worm) forswealg wera gied sumes,

    • Exon. Th. 432, 8
      • ;
    • Rä. 48, 3.

  • Ðes lytla wyrm ðe on flóde gǽð fótum drýge,

    • 426, 20
      • ;
    • Rä. 41, 76.

  • Of ðam weaxeþ wyrm

    hinc animal sine membris fertur oriri, sed fertur vermi lacteus esse color,

    • 213, 29
      • ;
    • Ph. 232.

  • Hyra wyrm (vermis) ne swylt,

    • Mk. Skt. 9, 44
      • :
    • Cd. Th. 212, 9
      • ;
    • Exod. 536
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 373, 31
      • ;
    • Seel. 118.

  • Weorðan wyrme tó hróþor,

    • 267, 17
      • ;
    • Jul. 416.

  • Wiþ ðam smalan wyrme,

      Lchdm. ii. 122, 18.

  • Dó on ðæt eáre; þeáh ðǽr beón wyrmas on ácennede, hí þurh ðis sceolon beón ácwealde,

      i. 200, 22.

  • Rib reáfiaþ réþe wyrmas,

    • Exon. Th. 373
      • ;
    • 22
      • ;
    • Seel. 113.

  • Wyrmas, ða ðe geolo godwebb geatwum frætwaþ,

    • 417, 23
      • ;
    • Rä. 36, 9.

  • Wyrma gifl

    food for worms (the body),

    • 368, 16
      • ;
    • Seel. 22.

  • Weormum tó hróðre,

    • Apstls. Kmbl. 190
      • ;
    • Ap. 95.

  • Wið weormum,

      Lchdm. iii. 4, 5.

  • Wið wyrmas on innoðe,

      i. 272, 10.
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  • Ic eam wyrm (vermis) and nales mon,

      Ps. Surt. 21,-7.

  • Wyrm (weorm, v.l.),

      R. Ben. 29, 13.
Etymology
[
Goth. waurms a serpent
:
O. Sax. wurm a serpent; a worm
:
O. H. Ger. wurm serpens, coluber, anguis, hydra; vermis, vermiculus, batis
:
Icel. ormr a serpent.
]
Similar entries
v. cáwel-, deáw-, fág-, fíc-, flǽsc-, hand-, leáf-, mold-, must-
    (? Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 74)
, regn-, reng-, seoluc-, síd-, slá-, smeá-, tóþ-, treów-, twín-, þeór-wyrm.
Linked entries
v.  weorm wurm.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wyrm.” 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/36975.

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