Ginnungagap
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Ginnungagap
From Old Norse, perhaps literally, magical gap
Example Sentences
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Ve and Vili and Odin looked at each other and spoke of what was needful to do, there in the void of Ginnungagap.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
The brothers were trapped forever in Ginnungagap, the vast gap between the fire and the mist.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
The rivers of the mist world flowed into the void, which was called Ginnungagap, the “yawning gap.”
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
Thus," continued Thridi, "whilst freezing cold and gathering gloom proceeded from Niflheim, that part of Ginnungagap looking towards Muspellheim was filled with glowing radiancy, the intervening space remaining calm and light as wind-still air.
From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson
This was Ginnungagap, the abyss at the world’s end.
From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I by Fridtjof Nansen
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