Níðhǫggr

Old Norse

Etymology

níð (“shame; enmity, hatred”) +‎ hǫggr (“hewer, striker, cutter”). Second element agent noun to hǫggva (“to hew, strike, cut”).

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