wermod

Middle English

Noun

wermod

1. alternative form of wermode

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *warjamōdā (“wormwood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwer.moːd/, [ˈwerˠ.moːd]

Noun

wermōd m

1. (botany) wormwood, absinthium
   • Exeter Book, riddle 40

     swylċe iċ eom wrāþre þonne wermōd sȳ,
     þe hēr on hyrstum heasewe stondeþ.

     likewise I am harsher than the wormwood
     that stands dusky here in the hurst

   • 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:

	singular	plural
nominative	wermōd	wermōdas
accusative	wermōd	wermōdas
genitive	wermōdes	wermōda
dative	wermōde	wermōdum

Descendants

• Middle English: wermode, wermot, warmot, weremod, wormode, wormote, wormet, wrmod, wurmode, woormood, wermod, wormod, wyrmwode, wormwode, wormewode, wermwod, wormwod, wurmewod
  • English: wormwood (< wormwode)
  • Scots: wormit (< wormet)
  • → Irish: mormónta
  • → Middle Welsh: wermot
    • Welsh: wermod

Welsh

Alternative forms

• wermwd, wermwod, chwermwd

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Welsh wermot (“wormwood”), from Middle English wermode.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛrmɔd/

Noun

y wermod f (not mutable, uncountable)

1. wormwood (Artemisia)
   1. common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)

      Synonym: y wermod lwyd

Derived terms

• cwcwll y wermod (“wormwood moth”)
• pwtyn wermod (“wormwood pug moth”)
• wermod y môr, wermod arfor syth flodeuog (“sea wormwood”)
• y wermod Ffrengig, y wermod Ffrainc (“ French wormwood”)
• y wermod lwyd (“common wormwood”)
• y wermod wen (“feverfew”)

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “wermod”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies