Niflheim

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proper noun

In Germanic and Norse cosmology, the Norse underworld, location of the domain Hel and of the realm of Hel, the goddess of the dead.

OriginOld Norse Niflheimr ← Proto-Germanic *nibilaz →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. Norsehuman sciencesIn Germanic and Norse cosmology, the Norse underworld, location of the domain Hel and of the realm of Hel, the goddess of the dead.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*nibilaz“dark, misty”
  2. Old NorseNiflheimr
  3. EnglishNiflheim

From Old Norse Niflheimr (literally “world of mist”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *nibilaz (“dark, misty”), from *nebulaz (“fog, mist, darkness”) + *haimaz (“home, house, village”).

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