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

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

From Space Viking by Piper, H. Beam

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 Piper, H. Beam

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 Jelliffe, Smith Ely

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 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