Reng-wyrm

Old English Dictionary Entry

Reng-wyrm

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 reng-wyrm

m. A maw-worm, a worm in the intestines :-- Wið ðæt rængcwyrmas (rengc-, MS. B. ; rýnwyrmas with a gloss lumbrici, MS. H.) dergen ymb nafolan, Lchdm. i. 168, 9. Wið ðæt reng-wyrmas ymb ðone nafolan wexen, 218, 14. [Cf. O. H. Ger. pouh-wurm lumbricus.] reng-wyrm

Runic Inscription

ᚱᛖᛝ-ᚹᚣᚱᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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