Old English Dictionary Entry

Wyrm-geard

Part of speech: es; Related words: 68: í garð þann es skriðinn vas innan ormom, 121. See, too, the stories of the deaths of Ragnar Lodbrog and Roderick, the last Gothic king of Spain.] v. wyrm-sele. wyrm-geard

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1 wyrm-geard

m. An enclosure full of snakes :-- Wyrmgeardas, atol deór monig,... blace nædran, Salm. Kmbl. 940; Sal. 469. [Icel. ormgarðr. Cf. in the story of Gunnar's fate in Atla kviða: Nú es sá ormgarðr yðr um folginn,

Similar Words

-wacnian
-wamb
-wand
-wandigendlíce
-wandodlíc

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚣᚱᛗ-ᚷᛠᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Sal.: Psalms of Solomon (OE)

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