Midgard
pronunciation
How to pronounce Midgard in British English:
UK [ˈmidɡɑ:d]
How to pronounce Midgard in American English:
US [ˈmɪdˌɡɑrd]
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- Noun:
- (Norse mythology) the abode of humans in Norse mythology
Word Origin
- Midgard
- in Germanic cosmology, "world inhabited by men (opposed to Asgard, the abode of the gods), 1882, from Old Norse miðgarðr, from mið "mid" (see mid) + Proto-Germanic *gardoz "enclosure, tract" (see yard (n.1)). The Old English cognate was middangeard, which later was folk-etymologized as middle earth (late 13c.).
Example
- 1. She is a concubine for midgard .
- 2. Suffice to say I last saw midgard when you humans actually believed that we existed .
- 3. He took her hand and helped her to her feet , leading her towards midgard , the world of the humans .
- 4. And the stars in it are the sparks from the fire-land of muspelheirn the new world thus fashioned was called midgard , as being placed midway between the lands of frost and fire .