Wyrm-melu

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wyrm-melu

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: (-o), wes; Related words:

Definitions

1 wyrm-melu

n. Dust of dried worms powdered (cf. 'Dry fair large earthworms before the fire, or in an oven, which when thorough dry, beat into powder,' Salmon's English Physician, quoted by Cockayne. See also: Eft angeltwæccan, gegníd swíþe, Lchdm. iii. 44. 4) :-- Wyrc sealfe ... of wyrmmeluwe, Lchdm. ii. 78, 15. Nim wyrmmelu, 150, 10. Wyrmmelo, 238, 30. [In O. H. Ger. wurmmelo = caries.] wyrm-melu

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚣᚱᛗ-ᛗᛖᛚᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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