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lindwyrm

lindwyrm is the alternative form of lindworm.

Meaning of lindworm

Noun

lindworm (plural lindworms)

  1. A wingless serpentine dragon having two arms.
  2. A draconic creature, similar to a wyvern.

Forms of lindwyrm

plurallindwyrms

Origin of lindwyrm

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.

Questions about lindwyrm

What is lindwyrm the alternative form of?
Lindwyrm is the alternative form of lindworm.

Words near lindwyrm in the dictionary

  1. Lindu
  2. Lindvall
  3. Lindvalls
  4. lindworm
  5. lindworms
  6. lindwyrm
  7. lindwyrms
  8. lindy
  9. Lindy effect
  10. lindy hop
  11. lindy hopping

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lindwyrm (page history and authors); lindworm (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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