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

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Audhumla

Immediately after the gelid vapours had been resolved into drops," replied Kar, "there was formed out of them the cow named Audhumla.

From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson

He, too, lived on the milk of Audhumla.

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

It's not only about the action on Audhumla; everybody from the Space Minister down wants to hear what you know about this fellow Dunnan.

From Space Viking by H. Beam Piper

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

From Space Viking by H. Beam Piper

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 H. Beam Piper