ormr
Old Norse
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis. Compare Old High German and Old Saxon wurm, Old English wyrm, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍃 (waurms).
Noun
editormr m (genitive orms, plural ormar)
Declension
edit Declension of ormr (strong a-stem)
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: ormur
- Faroese: ormur
- Norn: orm (“vermin; shoal of fish”)
- Norwegian: orm
- Elfdalian: uorm
- Old Swedish: ormber
- Swedish: orm
- Danish: orm
- Gutnish: årm, årrm
References
edit- “ormr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press