"wyrm" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /wyrm/, [wyrˠm]
Etymology: 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 (vermie, “locusts, worms”), and Ancient Greek ῥόμος (rhómos, “earthworm”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*wurmiz||worm, serpent, snake}} Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (“worm, serpent, snake”), {{inh|ang|ine-pro|*wr̥mis||worm}} Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (“worm”), {{cog|ofs|wirm}} Old Frisian wirm, {{cog|osx|wurm}} Old Saxon wurm, {{cog|goh|wurm}} Old High German wurm, {{cog|non|ormr}} Old Norse ormr, {{cog|got|𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍃}} Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍃 (waurms), {{cog|la|vermis||worm}} Latin vermis (“worm”), {{cog|lt|varmas||midge}} Lithuanian varmas (“midge”), {{cog|orv|вермие||locusts, worms}} Old East Slavic вермие (vermie, “locusts, worms”), {{cog|grc|ῥόμος||earthworm}} Ancient Greek ῥόμος (rhómos, “earthworm”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} wyrm m, {{ang-noun|m}} wyrm m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-i-m|wyrm}}, {{ang-decl-noun|wyrm|wyrmas|wyrm|wyrmas|wyrmes|wyrma|wyrme|wyrmum|num=|title=|type=strong i-stem}} Forms: strong [table-tags], wyrm [nominative, singular], wyrmas [nominative, plural], wyrm [accusative, singular], wyrmas [accusative, plural], wyrmes [genitive, singular], wyrma [genitive, plural], wyrme [dative, singular], wyrmum [dative, plural]
  1. any crawling animal, especially:
    worm
    Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Worms
    Sense id: en-wyrm-ang-noun-VB-c5ent Disambiguation of Worms: 37 21 21 21
  2. any crawling animal, especially:
    maggot, grub
    Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-wyrm-ang-noun-Kwq1K4k9
  3. any crawling animal, especially:
    reptile, especially a snake
    Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-wyrm-ang-noun-1I2xCIe~
  4. any crawling animal, especially:
    dragon
    Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-wyrm-ang-noun-qUivf9Uz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anawyrm, cawelwyrm, dēawwyrm, fāgwyrm, fīcwyrm, flǣsċwyrm, handwyrm, inwyrm, lēafwyrm, moldwyrm, mustwyrm, reġnwyrm, rengwyrm, seolcwyrm, sīdwyrm, smēawyrm, tōþwyrm, trēowwyrm, wyrmfāh, wyrmgaldere, wyrmgalere, wyrmġeard, wyrmġeblǣd, wyrmhīew, wyrmhord, wyrmhǣlsere, wyrmlīċ

Inflected forms

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        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "wyrm m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "wyrm m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wyrm"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-i-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wyrm",
        "2": "wyrmas",
        "3": "wyrm",
        "4": "wyrmas",
        "5": "wyrmes",
        "6": "wyrma",
        "7": "wyrme",
        "8": "wyrmum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong i-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "any crawling animal, especially:",
        "worm"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crawling",
          "crawling"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ],
        [
          "worm",
          "worm"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "any crawling animal, especially:",
        "maggot, grub"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crawling",
          "crawling"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ],
        [
          "maggot",
          "maggot"
        ],
        [
          "grub",
          "grub"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "any crawling animal, especially:",
        "reptile, especially a snake"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crawling",
          "crawling"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ],
        [
          "reptile",
          "reptile"
        ],
        [
          "snake",
          "snake"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "any crawling animal, especially:",
        "dragon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crawling",
          "crawling"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ],
        [
          "dragon",
          "dragon"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wyrm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[wyrˠm]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wyrm"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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