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† worm-kin Obs.
Forms: 1 wyrmcyn(n, 3 wrimkin.
[OE. wyrmcyn(n = OHG. wurmchunni, -khunni, MHG. -künne, f. worm n. + kin n.1]
The race of worms or serpents, or a species of these.
Beowulf 1425 Ᵹesawon ða æfter wætere wyrmcynnes fela, sellice sædracan sund cunnian. c893ælfred Oros. iii. ix. (1883) 136 On westennum wildeora & wyrmcynna missenlicra. c1000Ags. Gosp. Luke xi. 12 Scorpionem, þæt is an wyrm-cynn. c1250Gen. & Ex. 3895 Ðor-fore hem cam wrim kin among, ðat hem wel bitterlike stong. |