▪ 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. a 1000 Kentish Gl. in Wr.-Wülcker 64 Maculam, wam. |
| a 1585 Polwart 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. 1595 Duncan App. Etymol. (E.D.S.), Cicatrix, a wamme. |
▪ II. wam
obs. form of whom, womb.