English Explanatory Dictionary

lindwyrm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of lindworm.

Word forms

lindwyrm lindwyrms

Etymology

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.

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