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Re: Same "linde" as in Rosalind and Sieglinde, I assume
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Same in German: "lind" means "soft" (originally: pliant, flexible). The wood of the lime-tree (Linde) is very flexible and so is the "Lindwurm". Others say that the tree got its name from its soft bast.
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