Níðhǫggr

Old Norse

Etymology

From níð (“shame; enmity, hatred”) +‎ hǫggr (“hewer, striker, cutter”). The second element is the agent of the verb hǫggva (“to hew”).

Proper noun

Níðhǫggr m

  1. (Norse mythology) a dragon who eats the roots of the Ash of Yggdrasill and torments those who died in shame

Inflection

Declension of Níðhǫggr (strong wa-stem, indefinite singular only)
masculine singular
indefinite
nominative Níðhǫggr
accusative Níðhǫgg
dative Níðhǫggvi
genitive Níðhǫggs

Descendants

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Nidhogg
  • → English: Nidhogg (learned)
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