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.

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Etymology

Origin of Audhumla

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

Example Sentences

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 Pogany, Willy

Audhumla, the Giant Cow, went on licking the place where she had breathed.

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

He, too, lived on the milk of Audhumla.

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

The two crews had become used to working together on Audhumla, and mingled amicably off watch, interesting themselves in each other's hobbies and listening avidly to tales of each other's home planets.

From Space Viking by Piper, H. Beam