Worms
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Worms was a name for the race of Dragons, and especially those wingless kinds (such as Glaurung himself) who crawled on the ground.
Other names
In Gnomish, one of Tolkien's early conceptions of an Elven language, "worm" is gwem.[1]
Inspiration
Worm is an actual old word for dragon,[2] derived from Old English wyrm, Old Norse ormr ("serpent").
Portrayal in adaptations
2007: The Lord of the Rings Online:
- Worms are one of the various breeds of Dragon-kind. The term is used exclusively for wingless dragons, to differentiate them from the winged Drakes.
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue", in Parma Eldalamberon XI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 45
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Verlyn Flieger, Douglas A. Anderson (eds.), Tolkien On Fairy-stories: Expanded edition, with commentary and notes, p. 108
