Midgårdsormen

Danish Proper noun da Norse mythology Jörmungandr Swedish Jörmungandr thumb|The world tree Yggdrasil where Jörmungandr is seen encircling the human world Midgard. Etymology sv Midgård -s- orm -en Midgard snake the. sv non Miðgarðsormr, ultimately from Prose Edda (c. 1220). 1747.SAOB Proper noun c sv Norse mythology the Midgard Serpent; the Jörmungandr sv Jörmungand världsormen sv 1819 w:Snorre Sturlasson Anders Jacob Danielsson Cnattingius Anders Jacob Cnattingius sv Snorre Sturlesons Edda. Samt Skalda 62 https://litteraturbanken.se/f%C3%B6rfattare/SturlassonS/titlar/EddaSamtSkalda1819/sida/62/faksimil Ty det var ingen sådan katt, som det syntes dig: det var egenteligen Midgårdsormen, som ligger omkring all land: knappt hade han längd, att stjert och hufvud räckte till jorden, och du lyftade den så högt upp, att det var blott kort till himlen. For it was not such a cat as it seemed to you: it was actually the Midgard Serpent, which lies around all the land: he was long enough that his tail and head barely fit the earth, and you lifted him up so high that he was only short to the sky. References sv Mythological creatures