May 10th, 2008, 23:07
lint is Old High German and means snake or band.
wurm means snake/worm, too, so
Lindwurm is something like snakesnake, two words in one with the nearly the same meaning.
In old tales a Lindwurm is a dragon with little or no wings.
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