Ginnungagap

[ gin-oong-gah-gahp ]

noun

, Scandinavian Mythology.

1. a primordial void, filled with mists, existing between Niflheim and Muspelheim.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ginnungagap¹

From Old Norse, perhaps literally, magical gap

Example Sentences

They dragged the body of Ymir into the middle of Ginnungagap, and of it formed the earth.

From Project Gutenberg

Then Odin and his brothers dragged the huge body of Ymer into the middle of Ginnungagap, and fashioned from it the world.

From Project Gutenberg