lindorm

English

Noun

lindorm (plural lindorms)

1. Alternative form of lindworm.

Danish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Danish lindorm, from Old Norse linnormr, from Middle Low German lintwurm, from Proto-Germanic *linþawurmiz.

Noun

lindorm c (singular definite lindormen, plural indefinite lindorme)

1. lindworm

Declension

Declension of lindorm

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lindorm	lindormen	lindorme	lindormene
genitive	lindorms	lindormens	lindormes	lindormenes

References

• “lindorm” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “lindorm” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish lindormber, from Middle Low German lindworm, from Proto-Germanic *linþawurmiz. Cognate of Old Norse linnormr. By surface analysis, a compound of orm (“serpent”) and a word of disputed origin, arguably meaning "soft" or "pliable". Compare Old Norse linnr (“snake, serpent”) and Swedish linda (“to wind”), lindare (“tench”), lindra (“to ease”). See also Latin lentus and Swedish len (“soft”).

Noun

lindorm c

1. lindworm

Declension

Declension of lindorm

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	lindorm	lindorms
	definite	lindormen	lindormens
plural	indefinite	lindormar	lindormars
	definite	lindormarna	lindormarnas

References

• lindorm in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lindorm in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lindorm in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• lindorm in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)