Nidhogg

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Níðhǫggr (“Malice Striker”)

Proper noun

Nidhogg

  1. (Norse mythology) a dragon who lives in Niflheim (world of ice and the dead), feeding upon the roots of Yggdrasil and bodies of the damned.

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse Níðhǫggr, from níð (“libel, defamation”) +‎ hǫggr.

Proper noun

Nidhogg m

  1. (Norse mythology) Nidhogg
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