Audhumla

[ oud-hoom-lah, -huhm- ]

/ ˈaʊd hʊm lɑ, -hʌm- /

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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-hoom-blah, -lah, -huhm-]. /ˈaʊd hʊm blɑ, -lɑ, -hʌm-/.

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

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
From the cow Audhumla, formed at the same time, Ymir was nourished by four streams of milk.
An Introduction to Mythology|Lewis Spence
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
"Nobody's going to be sticky about what happened on Audhumla," he told Trask.
Space Viking|Henry Beam Piper

Who tipped Dunnan off that the Victrix would be on Audhumla?
Space Viking|Henry Beam Piper