Midgard serpent

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.

1. a serpent, the child of Loki and Angerboda, who lies wrapped around the world, tail in mouth, and is destined to kill and to be killed by Thor at Ragnarok; Jormungand.

Example Sentences

Folk would call Jormungundr the Midgard serpent.

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He was thinking about the Midgard serpent.

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“And you are no wise woman. You are she who was in life Angrboda, Loki’s lover, mother to Hel, to Jormungundr, the Midgard serpent, and to Fenris Wolf,” said Odin.

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Fenris Wolf pads his way there also, and the Midgard serpent will navigate the flooded seas until it too is close to Vigrid, then it will writhe up onto the sand and force itself ashore—only its head and the first mile or so of its body.

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Fenrir will be with them, and the Midgard serpent.

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