"linnorm" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: linnorms [plural]
Etymology: From Norwegian linnorm. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|no|linnorm}} Norwegian linnorm Head templates: {{en-noun}} linnorm (plural linnorms)
  1. A wingless bipedal dragon; a lindworm.

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for linnorm meaning in English (1.7kB)

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