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† ˈworsum, ˈwursum Obs.
Forms: α. 1 worsm (uuorsm), wursm, 3 (9 north. dial.) wursum (wrusum), 4, Sc. 6–7, 9 worsum; Sc. 7 worsam, -some, 6 woursome, 9 woursum. β. 3, 6 Sc. wirsum (3 Orm. wirrsenn), 9 north. dial. wirsom.
[OE. worsm, wursm, metathetic form of the more usual worms, wurms (also wyrms), app. related to wyrm worm n.]
Purulent matter, pus.
αc825Epinal Gloss. 777 Pus, uuorsm. c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 100 Heo..þæt worsm [v.r. worms] ut atyhð. Ibid. II. 202 Oþ þæt he þæt wursm of muðe hræce. a1225Ancr. R. 274 Mine wunden..gedereð neowe wrusum [v.r. wursum] & foð on eft uorte rotien. a1300Cursor M. 11835 Ouer-al wrang vte worsum and ware, And wormes creuld here and þare. 1513Douglas æneis iii. ix. 64 Thir wretchit mennis flesche, that is his fude, And drinkis worsum, and thair lopperit blude. 1595Duncan App. Etym. (E.D.S.), Pus, sanies, worsum of a byle. 1610in Pitcairn Crim. Trials III. 95 For Bewitching of ane kow, quhairthrow þe haill milk that scho þaireftir gaif was bluid and worsam. 1613P. Forbes On Rev. iv. 15 It is not mixed with bloud..much lesse with bloudy worsum. 1666Despaut. Gram. D 4 a (Jam.), Tabes..rotten and putrified blood and worsome. 1808Jamieson, Woursum, Worsum, purulent matter; S. pron. wursum. 1846Brockett N.C. Words (ed. 3), Wursum, pus; particularly when foul.
βc1200Ormin 4782 War & wirrsenn toc anan Ut off hiss lic to flowenn. a1250Ancr. R. 322 (Titus MS.), Hwon..al þe fulðe scheawes him & wringes ut tat wirsum. 1597in Misc. Spalding Club (1841) I. 93 Thow..keist witchecraft on the said cow,..that scho gewe no milk, bot..lyk wirsum or wenem. 1847Halliwell, Wirsom, foul pus. Yorksh.
b. quasi-adj. Purulent.
a1599Rollock Serm. Wks. 1849 I. 444 He hes not skunnert..at thy worsum bylis, and botchis. |