wyrm
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Old English wyrm. Doublet of worm, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɜːm/
- (US) enPR: wûrm, IPA(key): /wɚm/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m
Noun
[edit]wyrm (plural wyrms)
See also
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]wyrm
- Alternative form of worm
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (“worm, serpent, snake”), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (“worm”). Cognate with Old Frisian wirm, Old Saxon wurm, Old High German wurm, Old Norse ormr, and Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍃 (waurms). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin vermis (“worm”), Lithuanian varmas (“midge”), Old East Slavic вермие (vermije, “locusts, worms”), and Ancient Greek ῥόμος (rhómos, “earthworm”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]wyrm m
- any crawling animal, especially:
- worm
- maggot, grub
- reptile, especially a snake
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
- ...for þon hit is nǣdrena ġecynd þæt heora mǣġen ⁊ hiera fēþe bið on heora ribbum swā ōþerra crēopendra wyrma bið on heora fōtum.
- ...for it is the class of snakes whose movement is on their ribs, just as the motion of other creeping reptiles is with their feet.
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
- dragon
Declension
[edit]Declension of wyrm (strong i-stem)
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
Descendants
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- ang:Worms