lindorm

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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

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