Audhumla

American  

[aud-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.

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Etymology

Origin of Audhumla

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

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Example Sentences

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Audhumla

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

From Space Viking by H. Beam Piper

All the available data for Audhumla was long out of date; a considerable civilization must have developed in the last half dozen centuries.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

He, too, lived on the milk of Audhumla.

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

The Bolide was on Audhumla a while ago.

From Space Viking by H. Beam Piper

One day Ymir saw Audhumla breathe upon a cliff of ice and lick with her tongue the place she breathed on.

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

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