Níðhǫggr

Old Norse

Etymology

From níð (“shame; enmity, hatred”) +‎ hǫggr (“hewer, striker, cutter”). The second element is the agent of the verb hǫggva (“to hew”).

Proper noun

Níðhǫggr m

1. (Norse mythology) a dragon who eats the roots of the Ash of Yggdrasill and torments those who died in shame

Inflection

Declension of Níðhǫggr (strong wa-stem, indefinite singular only)

masculine	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Níðhǫggr
accusative	Níðhǫgg
dative	Níðhǫggvi
genitive	Níðhǫggs

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: Nidhogg
• → English: Nidhogg (learned)