Etymology

Utgard

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Today it means: The abode of the giant Utgard-Loki, on the other side of the great sea that surrounds Midgard. Full definition →

Old Norse Útgarðar
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  1. Old Norse · learned borrowing fromÚtgarðar“Outer Holds”
  2. English todayUtgard

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Útgarðar (“Outer Holds”). Compare to Norwegian Nynorsk utgard (“outer yard, forest space”)

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.