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Middle English
Noun
wermod
- Alternative form of wermode
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *warjamōdā (“wormwood”)
Pronunciation
Noun
wermōd m
- (botany) wormwood, absinthium
- 10th century, Bald's Leechbook, Royal 12 D. xvii, fol. 72 b.
Þā men þū sċealt smerwan mid þȳ ele þe mon wermōd on sēoðe.- You must smear them with the oil that is boiled in wormwood.
Declension
Strong a-stem:
Descendants