lómundr

lómundr
(pl. -ir), m. lemming.
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m., pl. ir, [Ivar Aascn lemende and lomhund; Swed. lemmel]:—the mus lemmus, lemmer; kvikendi þau er locustae heita ok sumir kalla lómundi, Pr. 436, (the Icel. writer has here confounded the lemmer with the locust.)

An Icelandic-English dictionary. . 1874.

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  • lemming — small arctic rodent, c.1600, from Norw. lemming, from O.N. lomundr lemming. Perhaps from Lapp luomek. Figurative sense (in reference to their mass migrations that sometimes end in plunges into the sea) is from 1959 …   Etymology dictionary

  • lemming — noun 1》 a short tailed, thickset Arctic rodent, noted for fluctuating populations and periodic mass migrations. [Lemmus lemmus and other species.] 2》 a person who unthinkingly joins a mass rush to destruction. Origin C18: from Norw. and Dan.;… …   English new terms dictionary

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