lindwyrm

English

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.

Noun

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.

Translations

a wingless bipedal dragon

Danish: lindorm, søslange
Dutch: lintworm (nl)
German: Lindwurm (de) m

Norwegian: linnorm, lindorm, sjøslanger
Swedish: lindorm (sv)

any draconic creature

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