Níðhǫggr
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Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]níð (“shame; enmity, hatred”) + hǫggr (“hewer, striker, cutter”). Second element agent noun to hǫggva (“to hew, strike, cut”).
Proper noun
[edit]Níðhǫggr m
- (Norse mythology) a dragon who eats the roots of the Ash of Yggdrasill and torments those who died in shame