Nidhogg

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proper noun

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

OriginOld Norse Níðhǫggr →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. Norsehuman sciencesa dragon who lives in Niflheim (world of ice and the dead), feeding upon the roots of Yggdrasil and bodies of the damned.

Origin

  1. Old NorseNíðhǫggr
  2. Old NorseNíðhǫggr
  3. EnglishNidhogg

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

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Nidhogg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nidhogg

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“Nidhogg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nidhogg. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nidhogg,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nidhogg.

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