Etymology

lindwyrm

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The story

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.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.