inwyrm

Old English

Etymology

in (in) +‎ wyrm (worm)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈinˌwyrm/, [ˈinˌwyrˠm]

Noun

inwyrm m

  1. an internal or intestinal worm
    • c. 9th century, Bald's Leechbook, published in Leechdoms, wortcunning, and starcraft of early England. Being a collection of documents, for the most part never before printed, illustrating the history of science in this country before the Norman conquest (1865, London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green), edited and with translations by Oswald Cockayne, volume I, page 4
      Herba arniglosa, þæt ys, weġbræd...wiþ inwyrmas
      The herb arniglosa, that is, waybread...[used] against intestinal worms

Declension

Strong i-stem:

singular plural
nominative inwyrm inwyrmas
accusative inwyrm inwyrmas
genitive inwyrmes inwyrma
dative inwyrme inwyrmum