Utgard

[oot-gahrd]

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.

1. a home of the Jotuns, outside Midgard and Asgard: probably synonymous with Jotunheim.

Utgard

/ ˈuːt-, ˈʊtɡɑːd /

noun

1. Norse myth one of the divisions of Jotunheim, land of the giants, ruled by Utgard-Loki

Word History and Origins

Origin of Utgard¹

< Old Norse Ūtgarthar, equivalent to ūt out + garthar yard ²; garth

Example Sentences

Then they dressed Loki to look like the bride’s waiting-maid, and the two set off for Utgard, the stronghold of the giants.

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They had not traveled far when Thor spied a large city looming up before them, and soon they came to Utgard, the home of the fierce giants.

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Down under the earth, to Niflheim, and even to Utgard, the land of giants, she wandered, but still no one had seen or even heard of her husband.

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Loki knew well that this command must be obeyed, and besides, even he was beginning to wish for Iduna again; so, borrowing the cloak of falcon feathers which belonged to the goddess Freyja, he put it on and set out for Utgard and the castle of the giant Thiassi, which was a gloomy cave in a high rock by the sea, and there he found poor Iduna shut up in prison.

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Then fire burst forth, raging from Utgard to Asgard—and all the worlds were destroyed in that dreadful day of Ragnar�k.

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