Hand-wyrm

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hand-wyrm

According to the Old English Dictionary:

hand-wyrm
Add: -- Hondwyrm, handyrp, honduyrp briensis, Txts. 45, 320. Hondwyrm ladascapiae, briensis, 73, 1193. Handwyrme uerme (minor exiguo sulcat qui corpora uerme. Ald. 272, 31), An. Ox. 23, 50. Hondweorm uerme, i. briensis, 25, 1. (The same passage is glossed in both cases.) [N. E. D. hand-worm.] hand-wyrm
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