lindwormn.
/ˈlɪndwəːm/ A monstrous and evil serpent, common in Scandinavian legend.
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1814 H. Weber Illustr. North. Antiq. 60 The terms worm, drake, dragon, and serpent, are indiscriminately applied to these monsters, as well as lind-drake and lind-worm; probably from their haunt being generally under a linden or lime tree.
1896 W. A. Craigie Scandinavian Folk-lore 439 The lindorm is a favourite monster in Swedish as well as Danish tradition.
1910 F. Bond Wood Carvings Eng. Churches I. 63 When a wyvern has no wings as at Limerick, he is, in heraldry, a lindworm.
1910 F. Bond Wood Carvings Eng. Churches I. 63 No rigid distinction can be made between the dragon, wyvern, and lindworm.
1971 R. Barber & A. Riches Dict. Fabulous Beasts 97 Lindorm, a snake-like creature, which devoured cattle and ate bodies... The lindworm is a heraldic dragon or wyvern without wings, presumably the same as the lindorm.
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