Nidhogg
English
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Etymology
editLearned borrowing from Old Norse Níðhǫggr (“Malice Striker”)
Proper noun
editNidhogg
- (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
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse Níðhǫggr, from níð (“libel, defamation”) + hǫggr.
Proper noun
editNidhogg m
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- nn:Norse mythology