lindorm (plural lindorms)
Inherited from Old Danish lindorm, from Old Norse linnormr, from Middle Low German lintwurm, from Proto-Germanic *linþawurmiz.
lindorm c (singular definite lindormen, plural indefinite lindorme)
common gender |
singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | lindorm | lindormen | lindorme | lindormene |
genitive | lindorms | lindormens | lindormes | lindormenes |
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”).
lindorm c
nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | lindorm | lindorms |
definite | lindormen | lindormens | |
plural | indefinite | lindormar | lindormars |
definite | lindormarna | lindormarnas |