Audhumla
[ oud-hoom-lah, -huhm- ]
nounScandinavian Mythology.
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.
The Younger Edda | SnorreAudhumbla kept on licking with her strong, rough tongue, and soon the whole body of a man emerged.
Stories from Northern Myths | Emilie Kip Baker
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