orm

Etymology

From Old Norse ormr, from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis.

Noun

orm c (singular definite ormen, plural indefinite orme or orm)

1. worm
2. grub
3. maggot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (stressed) /ˈɔɾˠəmˠ/, (unstressed) /əɾˠmˠ/

Pronoun

orm (emphatic ormsa)

1. first-person singular of ar: on me

   Tá ocras orm.

   I’m hungry. (literally “Hunger is upon me”)

References

• Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. I, p. 196.
• Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 299.

Etymology

From Old Norse ormr, from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis.

Noun

orm m (definite singular ormen, indefinite plural ormer, definite plural ormene)

1. a snake
2. a worm

References

• “orm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Norse ormr, from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis. Akin to English worm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔrm/

Noun

orm m (definite singular ormen, indefinite plural ormar, definite plural ormane)

1. a snake
2. a worm

References

• “orm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

• air + mi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔɾɔm/

Pronoun

orm

1. on me

   Tha an t-acras mòr orm. ― I am very hungry. (literally The hunger is great on me.)

Etymology

From Old Swedish ormber (“snake, vermin, ringworm”), from Old Norse ormr, from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis, *wrmo- (“serpent, scorpion, maggot, worm”), maybe from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn”). Masculine in Late Modern Swedish. Akin to English worm, wyrm.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈʊrm/

Noun

orm c

1. (zoology) snake; a legless reptile of the suborder Serpentes