Audhumla
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Audhumla
< Old Norse Authum ( b ) la, equivalent to auth ( r ) wealth + humla a polled cow
Example Sentences
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Just as in the Iranian myth the original being, Gâyômard, considered as human, and the ancestor bull belong together, so we find in the northern myth a cow Audhumla associated with Ymir.
From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Smith Ely Jelliffe
For a moment, he thought she had been destroyed, then she lurched into sight and went around the curvature of Audhumla.
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
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
He'd heard about that, on the voyage from Audhumla.
From Space Viking by H. Beam Piper
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