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stoorworm

stoorworm is the alternative form of stoor worm.

Meaning of stoor worm

Noun

stoor worm (plural stoor worms)

  1. A giant sea serpent or sea dragon in Orcadian folklore, which had putrid breath, probably an Orkney version of Jörmungandr.
    • But with regard to the Stoor Worms (which I have oftener heard called Sea Worms by the Norwegians), those who totally discredited the existence of the Kraakens told told me, they believed them really to exist: […]1771, Philosophical Transactions, Giving Some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World, page 41

Forms of stoorworm

pluralstoorworms

Questions about stoorworm

What is stoorworm the alternative form of?
Stoorworm is the alternative form of stoor worm.

Words near stoorworm in the dictionary

  1. stoor worm
  2. stoor worms
  3. stoored
  4. stooring
  5. stoors
  6. stoorworm
  7. stoorworms
  8. stoory
  9. stoosh
  10. stooshie
  11. stooshies

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