lindorm
English edit
Noun edit
lindorm (plural lindorms)
- Alternative form of lindworm
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
lindorm c
Declension edit
| Declension of lindorm | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | lindorm | lindormen | lindormar | lindormarna |
| Genitive | lindorms | lindormens | lindormars | lindormarnas |
References edit
- 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)