Audhumla

[ oud-hoom-lah, -huhm- ]

nounScandinavian Mythology.
  1. a cow, owned by Ymir and born like him from drops of the melting primeval ice: its licking of a mass of salty ice exposed the first god, Buri.

Origin of Audhumla

1
<Old Norse Authum(b)la, equivalent to auth(r) wealth + humla a polled cow
  • Also Aud·hum·bla [oud-hoom-blah, -lah, -huhm-]. /ˈaʊd hʊm blɑ, -lɑ, -hʌm-/.

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How to use Audhumla in a sentence

  • Answered Har: The next thing was that when the rime melted into drops, there was made thereof a cow, which hight Audhumbla.

  • Audhumbla kept on licking with her strong, rough tongue, and soon the whole body of a man emerged.

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