Nidhogg

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English

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Norse Níðhǫggr (Malice Striker)

Proper noun

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Nidhogg

  1. (Norse mythology) a dragon who lives in Niflheim (world of ice and the dead), feeding upon the roots of Yggdrasil and bodies of the damned.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse Níðhǫggr, from níð (libel, defamation) +‎ hǫggr.

Proper noun

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Nidhogg m

  1. (Norse mythology) Nidhogg