1841 T. Carlyle i. 35 The Midgard-snake, the Great World-serpent, which, tail in mouth, girds and keeps-up the whole created world.
1908 20 746 The idea of the World Serpent cannot, I think, be eliminated from the cultus of the God of Sinai and the story of Moses.
2005 Mar. 15/2 Dragons as worms tended to be found in Northumberland and Durham, perhaps due to the invasion of Norse sea captains spinning tales of Thor and the world serpent, Jormundgand [sic].