Name Element
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Origin and Meaning
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dragon (runestone drawing)
Image by unknown, photo by Mceder,[1] License: public domain |
Germanic name element which is closely related to LIND
Old Norse
linnr = 'lindworm', 'dragon' [2] [3]
linnr = 'snake', 'serpent', 'dragon' [4]
Old High German
lind = 'snake', 'serpent' [2]
lint = 'snake', 'serpent', 'dragon' [4]
Combinations
First Element Forms
Lind-
Linn-
References
- ↑ Wikimedia Commons: Image by unknown, photo by Mceder, source & license
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)