lindorm

lindorm (plural lindorms)

1. Alternative form of lindworm

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

1. lindworm

• lindorm in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lindorm in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lindorm in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• lindorm in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)