lindorm

== English == === Noun === lindorm (plural lindorms) 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) lindworm ==== Declension ==== === 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 lindworm ==== Declension ==== === References === “lindorm”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “lindorm”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “lindorm”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) lindorm in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)