Hvergelmir

In the seething cauldron Hvergelmir, close by the great tree, a horrible dragon, called Nidhug, continually gnawed the roots, and was helped in his work of destruction by countless worms, whose aim it was to kill the tree, knowing that its death would be the signal for the downfall of the gods.

Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas 1894

Within the gate, amid the intense cold and impenetrable darkness, was heard the seething of the great cauldron Hvergelmir, the rolling of the glaciers in the Elivagar and other streams of Hel, among which were the Leipter, by which solemn oaths were sworn, and the Slid, in whose turbid waters naked swords continually rolled.

Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas 1894

North of this abode was a space or world known as Nifl-heim, the home of mist and darkness, in the centre of which bubbled the exhaustless spring Hvergelmir, the seething cauldron, whose waters supplied twelve great streams known as the Elivagar.

Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas 1894

After suffering untold agonies there, they were washed down into the cauldron Hvergelmir, where the serpent Nidhug ceased for a moment gnawing the root of the tree Yggdrasil to feed upon their bones.

Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas 1894

Bor's sons slew Ymir the giant, but when he fell there ran so much blood out of his wounds that all the kin of the Hrimthursar were drowned, save Hvergelmir and his household, who got away in a boat.

The Story of the Volsungs Anonymous 1873

From the mist world, Niflheim, in the north, in whose central caldron, Hvergelmir, dwells the gloomy dragon Nidhogg, rose floods of cold vapor.

The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life William Rounseville Alger 1863

As the highest level is raised from Level 20 to Level 40, the following six regions are newly introduced: Fresei, Sessrumnir, Hvergelmir, Logabrid, Noatun and Eljudnir.

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Bor’s sons slew Ymir the giant, but when he fell there ran so much blood out of his wounds that all the kin of the Hrimthursar were drowned, save Hvergelmir and his household, who got away in a boat.

The Story of the Volsungs 2008

That is the sound of Hvergelmir, the great cauldron, boiling eternally, dragging ships whole into her maw. "

The Skrayling Tree Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 2003