- Dragons, or worms, are
present in
Germanic mythology and
wider folklore,
where they are
often portra**** as
large venomous serpents.
Especially in later...
- the
story Worminghall,
Buckinghamshire "The hall of the Wormings",
people descended from a man who
tamed a worm (a dragon) "Field of a man
named Wyrma"...
-
likened to a
dragon swallowing the ****ed: ... ne ****aþ þa næfre of þæra
wyrma seaðe & of þæs
dracan ceolan þe is
Satan nemned. [they]
never come out of...
- Census. The village's name
means 'Farm/settlement
which is
connected with
Wyrma'. It is 2+1⁄2
miles east of the town of
Oundle near the
Cambridgeshire border...
-
placed ēse and ælfe in
contrast with
monstrous beings such as
eotenas and
wyrmas,
although it is
unclear exactly how the
beings were
conceived of in English-speaking...
-
toponym is
derived from Old English. Halh is a nook or
corner of land.
Wyrma could be
either the name of a man who held the land, or a
reference to "worms"...
-
Porfiria Sanchíz Gérard
Tichy José
Villasante Lutz
Wallen M.
Wulff José
Wyrma Bentley p.122 "El
canto del
gallo de
Raafel Gil (1955)
contada por Santiago...
- of a man
called 'Wyrm',
alternatively a 'leah' (clearing)
infested with
Wyrma's, i.e. snakes,
reptiles or dragons. Both
Brinsop and
Wormsley are listed...
- hlimmeð, ne æt mē hrūtende hrīsil scrīþeð, ne mec ōhwonan
sceal ām cnyssan.
Wyrmas mec ne āwǣfan
wyrda cræftum, þā þe
geolo gōdwebb
geatwum frætwað. Wile mec...
-
historical importance.
Warminghurst (from Old
English meaning "the high wood of
Wyrma's people") is an
ancient parish at the
south of the Weald,
close to where...
