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Niflheim

[ niv-uhl-heym ]

noun

, Scandinavian Mythology.
  1. a place of eternal cold, darkness, and fog, ruled over by Hel: abode of those who die of illness or old age.


Niflheim

/ ˈnɪvəlˌheɪm /

noun

  1. Norse myth the abode of the dead


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Niflheim1

< Old Norse Niflheimr, equivalent to nifl- (cognate with Old English nifol darkness, Old High German nebal mist, cloud, Latin nebula ( nebula )) + heimr world, home

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Niflheim1

Old Norse, literally: mist home

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Example Sentences

That's why those big dunes, out there, are the best Niflheim has in the way of mountains.

When a geek prince hired out as a laborer for a year on Niflheim, he did so for only one purpose—to learn Terran technologies.

I have an idea of the sort of garbled reports these spies of his who spend a year on Niflheim as laborers bring back.

"I believe he thinks Niflheim is our home world," von Schlichten replied.

He built at least a dozen of them on Niflheim, to use in activating volcanoes and bringing ore-bearing lava to the surface.

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