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Ginnungagap

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[gin-oong-gah-gahp] / ˈgɪn uŋ gɑˈgɑp /

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.
  1. a primordial void, filled with mists, existing between Niflheim and Muspelheim.


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

The sunshine from the South melted the ice mountains of the North so that they toppled over and fell into Ginnungagap.

From Famous Men of the Middle Ages by Poland, Addison B.

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 Nansen, Fridtjof

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