Niflheimn.

Brit.

/ˈnɪflhʌɪm/, U.S.

/ˈnɪf(ə)lˌ(h)aɪm/

Forms: 1700s– Niflheim, 1800s Nifflheim, 1800s Nifleheim, 1800s– Nifelheim, 1800s– Niffelheim.

Origin: A borrowing from Icelandic. Etymon: Icelandic Niflheimr.

Etymology: < Old Icelandic Niflheimr < nifl- , probably in sense ‘darkness’ (see nebula n.) + heimr world, dwelling (see home n.¹).

Scandinavian Mythology.

The region of eternal darkness, mist, and cold inhabited by those who died from old age or illness, and ruled over by the goddess Hel. Also figurative.

ΚΠ

1770 T. Percy tr. P. H. Mallet Northern Antiq. II. 8 But wicked men shall go to Hela, or death, and from thence to Niflheim [Fr. Niflheim].

1839 G. Pigott Man. Scand. Mythol. i. 4 Niffl-heim, faced northwards, and was cold. Out of Niffl-heim there rose a spring.

1875 C. M. Yonge My Young Alcides I. i. 58 He seems to me more like Thor in Nifel-heim.

1887 T. Hardy Woodlanders I. xiii. 240 But he continued motionless and silent in that gloomy Niflheim or fog-land which involved him, and she proceeded on her way.

1908 R. Kipling Lett. to Family ii. 15 North of them lies Niflheim's enduring cold, with the flick and crackle of the Aurora for Bifrost Bridge that Odin and the Æsirs visited.

1959 R. Condon Manchurian Candidate (1960) iv. 83 We walked..across that shocking three-mile course in cold worse than icy hell the old German religions called Niflheim.

1993 MacUser (Nexis) May 39 Second, go to Niffelheim and back to try and work the problem out with the merchant directly before you cry to the credit-card people.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	niflheim
释义	Niflheimn. Brit. /ˈnɪflhʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈnɪf(ə)lˌ(h)aɪm/ Forms: 1700s– Niflheim, 1800s Nifflheim, 1800s Nifleheim, 1800s– Nifelheim, 1800s– Niffelheim. Origin: A borrowing from Icelandic. Etymon: Icelandic Niflheimr. Etymology: < Old Icelandic Niflheimr < nifl- , probably in sense ‘darkness’ (see nebula n.) + heimr world, dwelling (see home n.¹). Scandinavian Mythology. The region of eternal darkness, mist, and cold inhabited by those who died from old age or illness, and ruled over by the goddess Hel. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1770 T. Percy tr. P. H. Mallet Northern Antiq. II. 8 But wicked men shall go to Hela, or death, and from thence to Niflheim [Fr. Niflheim]. 1839 G. Pigott Man. Scand. Mythol. i. 4 Niffl-heim, faced northwards, and was cold. Out of Niffl-heim there rose a spring. 1875 C. M. Yonge My Young Alcides I. i. 58 He seems to me more like Thor in Nifel-heim. 1887 T. Hardy Woodlanders I. xiii. 240 But he continued motionless and silent in that gloomy Niflheim or fog-land which involved him, and she proceeded on her way. 1908 R. Kipling Lett. to Family ii. 15 North of them lies Niflheim's enduring cold, with the flick and crackle of the Aurora for Bifrost Bridge that Odin and the Æsirs visited. 1959 R. Condon Manchurian Candidate (1960) iv. 83 We walked..across that shocking three-mile course in cold worse than icy hell the old German religions called Niflheim. 1993 MacUser (Nexis) May 39 Second, go to Niffelheim and back to try and work the problem out with the merchant directly before you cry to the credit-card people. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1770
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