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Birdland · 04-19-2003, 08:38 PM

"Wyrms" is an old Anglo-Saxon word for Dragons. So Bilbo would have been speaking about Dragons that lived in the East.

I believe there are references to Smaug in The Hobbit as a "wrym".

04-19-2003, 08:38 PM	#14
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	"Wyrms" is an old Anglo-Saxon word for Dragons. So Bilbo would have been speaking about Dragons that lived in the East. I believe there are references to Smaug in The Hobbit as a "wrym".