lindorm

English

Noun

lindorm (plural lindorms)

1. Alternative form of lindworm

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)