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Audhumla

American  
[oud-hoom-lah, -huhm-] / ˈaʊd hʊm lɑ, -hʌm- /
Also Audhumbla

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.
  1. a cow, owned by Ymir and born like him from drops of the melting primeval ice: its licking of a mass of salty ice exposed the first god, Buri.


Etymology

Origin of Audhumla

< Old Norse Authum ( b ) la, equivalent to auth ( r ) wealth + humla a polled cow

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But he knew that if he did this, Audhumla would feed him no more with her milk.

From The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths by Pogany, Willy

"Nobody's going to be sticky about what happened on Audhumla," he told Trask.

From Space Viking by Piper, H. Beam

He'd heard about that, on the voyage from Audhumla.

From Space Viking by Piper, H. Beam

All the available data for Audhumla was long out of date; a considerable civilization must have developed in the last half dozen centuries.

From Space Viking by Piper, H. Beam

Who tipped Dunnan off that the Victrix would be on Audhumla?

From Space Viking by Piper, H. Beam

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