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wyrm

English

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old English wyrm. Doublet of worm, which was inherited.

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Noun

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wyrm (plural wyrms)

  1. (mythology, fantasy) A huge limbless and wingless dragon or dragon-like creature.
  2. A sea serpent.

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Middle English

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Noun

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wyrm

  1. Alternative form of worm

Old English

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Etymology

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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”).

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wyrm m

  1. any crawling animal, especially:
    1. worm
    2. maggot, grub
    3. reptile, especially a snake
    4. dragon

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Declension of wyrm (strong i-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative wyrm wyrmas
accusative wyrm wyrmas
genitive wyrmes wyrma
dative wyrme wyrmum

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