Midgårdsormen

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Danish

Proper noun

Midgårdsormen

  1. (Norse mythology) Jörmungandr

Swedish

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The world tree Yggdrasil where Jörmungandr is seen encircling the human world Midgard.

Etymology

Compound of Midgård (Midgard) +‎ -s- +‎ orm (snake) +‎ -en (the). Borrowed from Old Norse Miðgarðsormr, ultimately from Prose Edda (c. 1220). First attested in 1747.[1]

Proper noun

Midgårdsormen c (genitive Midgårdsormens)

  1. (Norse mythology) the Midgard Serpent; the Jörmungandr
    Synonyms: Jörmungand, världsormen
    • 1819, Snorre Sturlasson, translated by Anders Jacob Cnattingius, Snorre Sturlesons Edda. Samt Skalda, page 62:
      Ty det var ingen sådan katt, som det syntes dig: det var egenteligen Midgårdsormen, som ligger omkring all land: knappt hade han längd, att stjert och hufvud räckte till jorden, och du lyftade den så högt upp, att det var blott kort till himlen.
      For it was not such a cat as it seemed to you: it was actually the Midgard Serpent, which lies around all the land: he was long enough that his tail and head barely fit the earth, and you lifted him up so high that he was only short to the sky.

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