Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The realm of the dead.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Scand. myth., a region of mist and fog, ruled over by Hel.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"To-morrow you will be freezing in Niflheim," cried Ingolf, and he leaped among them swinging his sword, and all his men followed him, and they killed those thralls.
Viking Tales 1902
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In the beginning of time, we are informed, a world existed in the north called Niflheim, in the centre of which was a well from which sprang twelve rivers.
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I wonder if the word "Niflheim" has any connection to the Hebrew word נְפִילִים nephilim, a race of giants mentioned in the book of Genesis.
Old English gods and myths: Hell Carla 2009
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It’s called Niflheim, and nifl means ‘dark, shadowy.’
THE FORBIDDEN GAME L.J. SMITH 2010
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It’s called Niflheim, and nifl means ‘dark, shadowy.’
THE FORBIDDEN GAME L.J. SMITH 2010
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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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Hel he threw down into Niflheim and made her ruler over nine worlds--Prose Edda, 34
Archive 2010-04-01 Carla 2010
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Hel he threw down into Niflheim and made her ruler over nine worlds--Prose Edda, 34
Old English gods and myths: the worlds Carla 2010
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Niflheim was made many ages before the earth was created
Old English gods and myths: the worlds Carla 2010
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Niflheim was made many ages before the earth was created
Archive 2010-04-01 Carla 2010
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