ormr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis. Compare Old High German and Old Saxon wurm, Old English wyrm, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍃 (waurms).

Noun

ormr m (genitive orms, plural ormar)

1. snake, serpent
2. wyrm, dragon

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 (“vermin; shoal of fish”)
• Norwegian: orm
• Elfdalian: uorm
• Old Swedish: ormber
  • Swedish: orm
• Danish: orm
• Gutnish: årm, årrm

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “ormr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive