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▪ I. † wam Sc. Obs. In 6 wam(me, vam. [App. repr. OE. wam(m, wǫm(m, masc. and neut., spot, blemish (chiefly fig.) = OFris., OS., OHG. wamm, ON. vamm, Goth. wamm. But cf. wan n.1] A scar. Cf. wem n.
Beowulf 3073 Wommum ᵹewitnad. a1000Kentish Gl. in Wr.-Wülcker 64 Maculam, wam.
a1585Polwart Flyting w. Montgomerie 570 (Tullibardine MS.) His peild pallat The fowsome flokis of flaeis dois overflow With vamis [MS. Harl. wames; ed. 1639 wams] and wondis. 1595Duncan App. Etymol. (E.D.S.), Cicatrix, a wamme. ▪ II. wam obs. form of whom, womb. |