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Name Ormr
Gender Masculine
Usage Old Norse, Norse Mythology
Other Forms FormsOrmur (modern Icelandic form)
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Meaning & History
Derived from Old Norse ormr "snake, serpent" (the English word worm derives from the same root). In Norse mythology this was another name for Jǫrmungandr, the son of Loki. A known bearer of this name was the medieval Icelandic poet Ormr Steinþórsson.