linnorm
English
Etymology
From Norwegian linnorm
Noun
linnorm (plural linnorms)
- A wingless bipedal dragon; a lindworm.
- 1964, Reidar Thoralf Christiansen, Folktales of Norway, →ISBN, page 42:
- Then the Linnorm (dragon) came. It is thirty ells long and has a mane on its neck.
- 2001 February 28, Helgraf Dragon, “Re: Watch out folks.............................please read . 7749”, in rec.games.computer.ultima.dragons, rec.games.computer.stars, Usenet:
- Your scandinavian model was a wingless fellow, frequently called a linnorm, iirc.
- 2002, Jeff Grubb, Ed Bonny, Rich Redman, Steve Winter, Monster Manual II, →ISBN, page 142:
- The body of a gray linnorm is long, sleek and very snakelike.
- 2007, Chad Corrie, Gambit's End, →ISBN, page 35:
- He had been able to do what few others could - survive a meeting with the dread linnorm and better still, been able to trade with him as well.
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse linnormr (“constrictor snake”). Cognate to English lindworm and German Lindwurm (“dragon”)
Noun
linnorm m (definite singular linnormen, indefinite plural linnormar, definite plural linnormane)
- (folklore) A beast resembling a large, serpentine dragon; a lindworm
References
- “linnorm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.