wyrm

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /wɜːm/
• (US) enPR: wûrm, IPA^(key): /wɝm/

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wyrm (plural wyrms)

1. (mythology) A huge limbless and wingless serpent
2. (fantasy) A vague term, but it usually refers to huge limbless and wingless serpents
3. (synonym) A sea serpent

• Jörmungandr
• sea serpent
• worm

wyrm

1. Alternative form of worm

• ƿyrm

From Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis. Cognate with Old Frisian wirm, Old Saxon wurm (Dutch worm), Old High German wurm (German Wurm), Old Norse ormr (Swedish orm (“serpent”)), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍃 (waurms, “worm, serpent”). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin vermis (“worm”), Lithuanian varmas (“midge”), Old East Slavic вермие (vermie, “locusts, worms”), Ancient Greek ῥόμος (rhómos, “earthworm”) (originally *ϝράμος (wrámos)).

• IPA^(key): /wyrm/

wyrm m (plural wyrmas)

1. creeping insect; maggot, grub, worm
2. snake, dragon

• Middle English: worm, werm, wirm, wurm, wyrm, wyrme, wrim, worme
  • Scots: worm, wirm
  • English: worm
• → English: wyrm

• On-line Anglo-Saxon dictionary
• The Western Dragon