Ed-wilm
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ed-wilm
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ed-wilm
- a fiery whirlpool:--Þonne se fǽcna (the devil) in þám fæstenne (hell) gebróht hafað æt þám edwylme (cf. Milton's 'floods and whirlwinds of tempestuous fire') þá þe him on cleofiaþ, Wal. 73. Cf. preceding word, ed-wilm