Embla
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Embla
< Old Norse, probably akin to almr elm
Example Sentences
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At Icelandic prosthetics company Embla Medical, CEO Sveinn Sölvason said he supports negotiations to allow Iceland to decide whether membership is the right route.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Last of all they gave the two people they had made names: the man they called Ask, or Ash Tree; the woman they called Embla, or Elm.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
Embla and Ask stayed in Midgard, safe behind the wall the gods had made from Ymir’s eyelashes.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
Ask and Embla were the father and the mother of all of us: every human being owes its life to its parents and their parents and their parents before them.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
Go far enough back, and the ancestors of each of us were Ask and Embla.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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