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Niflheim
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Ni·fl·heim       [niv-uhl-heym] Pronunciation Key
–noun Scandinavian Mythology.
a place of eternal cold, darkness, and fog, ruled over by Hel: abode of those who die of illness or old age.
[Origin: < ON Niflheimr, equiv. to nifl- (c. OE nifol darkness, OHG nebal mist, cloud, L nebula (see nebula)) + heimr world, home]
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Nif·l·heim       (nĭv'əl-hām')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Mythology
The realm of the dead in Norse myth.


[Old Norse niflheimr : nifl-, mist, dark; see nebh- in Indo-European roots + heimr, home; see tkei- in Indo-European roots.]

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