Smea-wyrm

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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smea-wyrm
m. A penetrating worm, worm that makes its way into the flesh :--Wið smeáwyrme (cf. wið srnégea-wyrrne, 302, 12) srniring ... seó sealf ðone wyrm deádne gedéþ oððe cwicne of drífþ, Lchdm. ii. 332, 3-26. Wið sméga-wyrme, 126, 1. Wii]smoega-wyrmum, 12, 14.

Related words: smeáh. smea-wyrm

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