ormr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wrฬฅmis. Compare Old High German and Old Saxon wurm, Old English wyrm, Gothic ๐…๐Œฐ๐Œฟ๐‚๐Œผ๐ƒ (waurms).

Noun

ormr m (genitive orms, plural ormar)

  1. snake, serpent
  2. worm

Declension
  Declension of ormr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ormr ormrinn ormar ormarnir
accusative orm orminn orma ormana
dative ormi orminum ormum ormunum
genitive orms ormsins orma ormanna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: ormur
  • Faroese: ormur
  • Norn: orm (โ€œvermin; shoal of fishโ€)
  • Norwegian: orm
  • Old Swedish: ormber
  • Danish: orm
  • Westrobothnian: orm
  • Gutnish: รฅrm, รฅrrm
  • Elfdalian: uorm

References
  • ormr in Geir T. Zoรซga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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