wyrmlic
Appearance
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From wyrm (“snake”) + -līċ (“-like”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]wyrmlīċ
- snakelike, ophidian
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
- Stondeð nū on lāste · lēofre duguþe
weal wundrum hēah, · wyrmlīcum fāh.- Now a wall stands in the track of dear band,
by wonders high, with ophidians adorned.
- Now a wall stands in the track of dear band,
Declension
[edit]Declension of wyrmlīċ — Strong
Declension of wyrmlīċ — Weak
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wyrmlīċ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.