ormr

== Old Norse == === Etymology === From Runic ᚢᚱᛘᛦ (urmʀ), from Proto-Norse *ᚢᚱᛗᛁᛉ (*urmiʀ), Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis. Compare Old High German and Old Saxon wurm, Old English wyrm, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍃 (waurms). === Noun === ormr m (genitive orms, plural ormar) legless slithering animal (worm) serpent, snake dragon Synonyms: dreki, *draki, snákr, naðr longship, dragonship worm, maggot ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Danish: orm Faroese: ormur Icelandic: ormur Norn: orm (“vermin; shoal of fish”) Norwegian: orm Old Swedish: ormber, ormbr, ormer, ormir Swedish: orm Elfdalian: uorm Gutnish: årm, årrm === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “ormr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive