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

He, too, lived on the milk of Audhumla.

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

Who tipped Dunnan off that the Victrix would be on Audhumla?

From Space Viking by Piper, H. Beam

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 Piper, H. Beam

All the available data for Audhumla was long out of date; a considerable civilization must have developed in the last half dozen centuries.

From Space Viking by Piper, H. Beam

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