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- noun poetic
dragon , particularly one without legs or wings - noun poetic
snake , particularly a large one
Etymologies
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Examples
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Note: Despise the term "wyrm" in there, I've been informed by various comments under yesterday's post on the trilogy that the books are dragon-touched, not dragon-saturated.
Christian Science Fiction & Fantasy Blog Tour : THE DOOR WITHIN Trilogy, Day 2 Mirtika 2007
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The ship was rapidly sinking, the white wyrm snatching up all the men it could, ripping them to shreds but scarcely swallowing one before reaching for another.
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I managed to get my knees beneath me and scramble to my feet, turning to see a massive beast, a great white wyrm, rising up from the heart of the ship, cleaving it in two with its very body.
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Me þæt þuhte wrætlicu wyrd, þa ic þæt wundor gefrægn, þæt se wyrm forswealg wera gied sumes, þeof in þystro, þrymfæstne cwide ond þæs strangan staþol.
Archive 2009-02-01 Mary Kate Hurley 2009
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My wyrm swam past the ship then turned back to watch the approach of the other wyrms behind us.
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I saw another wyrm with Teddy in its throat, then it was gone from view as we plunged into the sea.
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“Perhaps it is time to make a try at the old wyrm.”
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Then the head of a wyrm rose up out of the sea before me, and I longed to feel the killing cold of the ocean.
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Still, the wyrm turned, twisting the storm tighter and tighter around it.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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The ceremony ended, and Jane once more was swallowed by her wyrm.
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