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Old Norse
Etymology
Genitive plural of ginnungr of uncertain origin and meaning + gap (“gap, empty space”). According to some sources, the former term is related to Proto-Germanic *ginnaną, from which *biginnaną (“to begin”) descended, thus meaning "primeval", while other sources compare the term with the prefix ginn- (for instance in ginnheilagr (“most holy”), used of the supreme gods), therefore giving the meaning "mighty, vast".
Proper noun
Ginnungagap n (genitive Ginnungagaps)
- (Norse mythology) Ginnungagap, primordial chaos