Audhumla

[ oud-hoo m-lah, -huhm- ]

/ ˈaʊd hʊm lɑ, -hʌm- /

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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Also Aud·hum·bla

[oud-hoo m-blah, -lah, -huhm-] /ˈaʊd hʊm blɑ, -lɑ, -hʌm-/.

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

"Nobody's going to be sticky about what happened on Audhumla," he told Trask.
Space Viking|Henry Beam Piper
By-and-by a giant came out of the dark north, and lay down upon the ice near Audhumla.
The Heroes of Asgard|Annie Keary
For a moment, he thought she had been destroyed, then she lurched into sight and went around the curvature of Audhumla.
Space Viking|Henry Beam Piper
Who tipped Dunnan off that the Victrix would be on Audhumla?
Space Viking|Henry Beam Piper

But he knew that if he did this, Audhumla would feed him no more with her milk.
The Children of Odin|Padraic Colum