wermod

== Middle English == === Noun === wermod alternative form of wermode == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *warjamōdā (“wormwood”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwer.moːd/, [ˈwerˠ.moːd] === Noun === wermōd m (botany) wormwood, absinthium Exeter Book, riddle 40 10th century, Bald's Leechbook, Royal 12 D. xvii, fol. 72 b. ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: wermode, wermot, warmot, weremod, wormode, wormote, wormet, wrmod, wurmode, woormood, wermod, wormod, wyrmwode, wormwode, wormewode, wermwod, wormwod, wurmewodEnglish: wormwood (< wormwode)Scots: wormit (< wormet)→ Irish: mormónta→ Middle Welsh: wermotWelsh: 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 (uncountable) wormwood (Artemisia) common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) Synonym: y wermod lwyd ==== Derived terms ==== ==== 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