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- noun The primordial
realm offire which existed to the south of Ginnungagap.
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Examples
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Tostig Lodbrog was also called Muspell, meaning "The Burning"; for he was ever aflame with wrath.
The Jacket (Star-Rover) Jack London 1896
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Lodbrog was also called Muspell, meaning "The Burning"; for he was ever aflame with wrath.
Chapter 17 2010
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Tostig Lodbrog was also called Muspell, meaning The
Chapter 17 1915
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And when I had told her of Niflheim and Muspell, of the birth of the giant Ymir from the snowflakes, of the cow Andhumbla, and of Fenrir and Loki and the frozen Jotuns -- as I say, when I had told her of all this, and of Thor and Odin and our own Valhalla, she clapped her hands and cried out, with sparkling eyes:
Chapter 17 2010
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Many ages ere the earth was shapen was Niflheim made, but first was that land in the southern sphere hight Muspell, that burns and blazes, and may not be trodden by those who are outlandish and have no heritage there.
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Ere the races were yet mingled, or the folk of men grew, Yawning-gap, which looked towards the north parts, was filled with thick and heavy ice and rime, and everywhere within were fog and gusts; but the south side of Yawning-gap lightened by the sparks and gledes that flew out of Muspell-heim; as cold arose out of
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Ah, it was not then but later that Frey lamented the loss of his sword: it was when the Riders of Muspell came against
The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths Padraic Colum 1926
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And when I had told her of Niflheim and Muspell, of the birth of the giant Ymir from the snowflakes, of the cow
Chapter 17 1915
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And when I had told her of Niflheim and Muspell, of the birth of the giant Ymir from the snowflakes, of the cow Andhumbla, and of Fenrir and
The Jacket (Star-Rover) Jack London 1896
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Many ages ere the earth was shapen was Niflheim made, but first was that land in the southern sphere hight Muspell, that burns and blazes, and may not be trodden by those who are outlandish and have no heritage there.
The Story of the Volsungs Anonymous 1873
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