wermode

Middle English

Alternative forms

wermot, warmot, weremod, wormode, wormote, wormet, wrmod, wurmode, woormood, wermod, wormod
(influenced by worm + wode) wyrmwode, wormwode, wormewode, wermwod, wormwod, wurmewod

Etymology

From Old English wermōd, wormōd, from Proto-Germanic *wermōdaz. Some forms remodelled on the basis of worm + wode.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɛrmoːd/, /ˈwɛrmɔd/, /ˈwurmɔd/

Noun

wermode (uncountable)

wormwood (Artemisia absinthium or other related plants)
Something that induces bitterness or unlikeability.
(biblical) Wormwood (object in the Book of Revelation)

Descendants

English: wormwood (< wormwode)
Scots: wormit (< wormet)
→ Irish: mormónta

References

“wermọ̄̆d(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-02.
“wǒrm-wọ̄de (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-02.

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