Obs. Forms: 1 wyrmcyn(n, 3 wrimkin. [OE. wyrmcyn(n = OHG. wurmchunni, -khunni, MHG. -künne, f. WORM sb. + KIN sb.1] The race of worms or serpents, or a species of these.

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Beowulf, 1425. Ʒesawon ða æfter wætere wyrmcynnes fela, sellice sædracan sund cunnian.

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c. 893.  K. Ælfred, Oros., III. ix. (1883), 136. On westennum wildeora & wyrmcynna missenlicra.

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c. 1000.  Ags. Gosp., Luke xi. 12. Scorpionem, þæt is an wyrm-cynn.

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c. 1250.  Gen. & Ex., 3895. Ðor-fore hem cam wrim kin among, ðat hem wel bitterlike stong.

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