orm

orm

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Oromo.

• Wiktionary's coverage of Oromo terms

From Old Norse ormr, from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, cognate with English worm, German Wurm. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis, which is also the source of Latin vermis (“worm”).

• IPA^(key): /oːˀrm/, [ˈoɐ̯ˀm]

orm c (singular definite ormen, plural indefinite orme or orm)

1. worm
2. grub
3. maggot

• regnorm (“earthworm”)

From Old Irish form. Cognates include Scottish Gaelic orm and Manx orrym.

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈʌɾˠəmˠ/^[1]
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): (stressed) /ˈɔɾˠəmˠ/^[2][3][4]; (unstressed) /(ə)ɾˠmˠ/^[3]

orm (emphatic ormsa)

1. first-person singular of ar: on me

   Tá ocras orm.

   I’m hungry.

   (literally, “Hunger is upon me.)”)

From Old Norse ormr (“snake, worm”), from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (“worm, snake”), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (“worm”), possibly from *wer- (“to burn”).

orm m (definite singular ormen, indefinite plural ormer, definite plural ormene)

1. a snake

   Synonym: slange

2. a worm

   Synonym: mark

• hoggorm
• hudorm
• rundorm
• sjøorm

• “orm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse ormr, from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis. Akin to English worm.

• IPA^(key): /ɔrm/

orm m (definite singular ormen, indefinite plural ormar, definite plural ormane)

1. a snake

   Synonym: slange

2. a worm (e.g. an earthworm or a tapeworm)

   Synonyms: mark, makk

3. (folklore) a mythical worm living in a human body parts, teeth or bones, causing various kinds of sickness
4. (folklore) any mythical dragon-like creature

• bendelorm
• hoggorm
• hudorm
• linnorm
• ormekonge
• rundorm
• sjøorm

• “orm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Irish form. Cognates include Irish orm and Manx orrym.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔˈɾɔm/^[1]
• (Lewis, Sutherland) IPA^(key): /ˈaˈɾam/^[2], [ˈa˧˥ˈɾam˦˥]

orm

1. first-person singular of air: on me

   Tha an t-acras mòr orm. ― I am very hungry. (literally, “The hunger is great on me.”)

Personal inflection of air
Number	Person	Simple	Emphatic
Singular	1st	orm	ormsa
	2nd	ort	ortsa
	3rd m	air	airsan
	3rd f	oirre	oirrese
Plural	1st	oirnn	oirnne
	2nd	oirbh	oirbhse
	3rd	orra	orrasan

From Old Swedish ormber (“snake, vermin, ringworm”), from Old Norse ormr, from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis, *wrmo- (“serpent, scorpion, maggot, worm”), maybe from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn”). Akin to English worm, wyrm. Doublet of vurm.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʊrm/

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orm c

1. (zoology) snake; a legless reptile of the suborder Serpentes

   Ormen slingrade fram till mig och väste

   The snake slithered up to me and hissed

   en giftorm

   a venomous snake

   Ormar har fjäll och kluven tunga

   Snakes have scales and a forked [split] tongue

   Många ormar har huggtänder

   Many snakes have fangs

2. (dialectal) an earthworm

   Synonym: mask

3. (dialectal) a larva

   Synonym: larv

4. (folklore) a mythical worm living in a human body parts, teeth or bones, causing various kinds of sickness
5. (folklore) any mythical dragon-like creature

• orm in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• orm in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

• Rom, mor, rom