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Wyrms (alternatively wurms, worms or orms) are serpentine dragons, normally of European origins. The word (derived from the Norse 'ormr') used to mean all dragons (or all dragons …

Nov 14, 2025 · wyrm (plural wyrms) (mythology, fantasy) A huge limbless and wingless dragon or dragonlike creature. A sea serpent.

Among its relatives in the family of draconic creatures, the wyrm is easily distinguished by its lack of limbs and wings. It retains the scale armor found in other dragons, lending it the appearance …

The Wyrm: The Wyrm seems more like a giant snake than a dragon. They are legless and wingless creatures, larger than wyverns but smaller than drakes. Their name comes from the …

In the shadowed corners of Northern Europe's lore, a serpentine behemoth, the Wyrm, embodies chaos and destruction in mythology.

Nov 18, 2025 · There are more than twenty folktales from north-east England and Scotland that include the motif of a ‘wyrm’—a huge dragon-like, wingless serpent that terrorizes …

Aug 4, 2025 · The wyrm is a legendary dragon-like creature found throughout Scottish folklore. Unlike the classic winged, fire-breathing dragons of modern fantasy, Scottish wyrms are …

Wyrm definition: (poetic) <a>Dragon</a>, particularly one without legs or wings.

Natural evolution of the Old English term resulted in Modern English worm. The Modern English word "wyrm" is a recent lifting directly from the Old English, and it is largely restricted to poetic …