A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1628-1629
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Wormeling, n. [e.m.E. wormling (1598), wormeling (1612). Cf. ON yrmlingr.] fig. A contemptible person. —1628 Mure Doomesday 185.
Vile wormeling, thou whose tender pride The weakest sunshine scarce couldst byde 1629 Mure True Crucifixe 569.
That all His suffrings did most pleasant seeme Thee, wretched wormeling, to redeeme from death
