Lindorm
Old Danish Dictionary - lindormMeaning of Old Danish word "Lindorm", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.
The Old Danish word Lindorm can mean:
- no. hank.; der kam »»ien linduorm skryden, saa reedt war jeg for ham. Grundtv., Folkev, II, 149; thet tha melte thend lede lind- orum, hand suarit et ord for sig. sst, IV. 765b, skall ieg wege thennd lede lindworum, thet gulled skinner offuer hans bow. sst. IV. 7652; thend lede lind-worum y gresett saa monne hun skride. sst, — kom hid en lindorm met megen wro. Herm. Weigere. 197. (= nt. lintworm.Schroders udg.181), brugen af »hun« (sø ovf.) er påfald… ende, da ordet er hank. i Nord. og Tysk, jvtr. orm. nd.
Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᛁᚿᚦᚮᚱᛘ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.
Abbreviations used:
- g.
- grad (gradus).
- hank.
- hankon (masculinum).
- no.
- navneord (substantivum).
- nt.
- nedertysk.
- t.
- tysk.