Obs. Forms: 1, 3–5 wermod (1 wær-, wyr-, 4 wr-), 2 wermot; 1, 5 weremod; 4–5 wermode, wormod(e. [OE. wermod = OS. wer(i)môda, wermôde (MLG. wermede), OHG. wer(i)muota, wer-, wormôta, etc. (MHG. wermuote, -muot, G. wermut, -muth, whence F. vermout VERMOUTH), of obscure origin.] = WORMWOOD.
c. 725. Corpus Gloss. (Hessels), A 9. Absinthium, wermod.
a. 1000. Riddles, xli. 60. Swylce ic eom wraþre þonne wermod sy.
c. 1000. Sax. Leechd., I. 216. Ðeos wyrt þe man absinthium & oþrum naman wermod nemneð.
a. 1100. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 296/24. Weremod. Ibid. (a. 1200), 544/35. Wermot.
1382. Wyclif, Prov. v. 4. Bitter as wormod. Ibid., Lam. iii. 19. Recorde … of wrmod [1388 wermod] and of galle.
1402. Friar Daw, in Pol. Poems (Rolls), II. 52. Wermode, Jak, moost verreli was Wiclif, ȝour maister.
c. 1440. Pallad. on Husb., XI. 344. The soure almaund & wermode & feyn greek.
c. 1450. Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.), 1. Absinthium … gallice aloine, anglice wermode.
