lindwyrm
English edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Old Norse linnormr (“constrictor snake”), Norwegian lindorm (“serpent”), German Lindwurm (“dragon”).
The word wyrm is a contemporary or recent borrowing from the Old English word wyrm.
Noun edit
lindwyrm (plural lindwyrms)
- Alternative form of lindworm
- 2008, Matt Doeden, Dragon Life, →ISBN, page 24:
- Lindwyrms are wingless dragons that look like huge snakes. Some lindwyrms have two tiny feet that are almost useless.
- 2012, Larry Correia, The Monster Hunters, →ISBN:
- I've seen her plug a lindwyrm through the eyestalk from a moving helicopter.
- 2013, Christina Mercer, Arrow of the Mist, →ISBN:
- That lindwyrm'll keep you safe.