- nifol
- adj dark, gloomy [= neowol]
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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Niflheim — This article is about the realm in Norse mythology. For the Black Metal band, see Nifelheim. Niflheim (or Niflheimr) ( Mist Home , the Abode of Mist or Mist World ) is one of the Nine Worlds and is a location in Norse mythology which overlaps… … Wikipedia
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Niflheim — /niv euhl haym /, n. Scand. Myth. a place of eternal cold, darkness, and fog, ruled over by Hel: abode of those who die of illness or old age. [ < ON Niflheimr, equiv. to nifl (c. OE nifol darkness, OHG nebal mist, cloud, L nebula (see NEBULA)) + … Universalium
nebula — [17] As its form suggests, nebula was originally a Latin word, but it goes back to a prehistoric Indo European base (*nebh ‘cloud’) which produced a wide range of other descendants, including German nebel ‘cloud’, Greek néphos ‘cloud’, and… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
Nebel — Sm std. (8. Jh.), mhd. nebel, ahd. nebul, as. ne␢al Stammwort. Aus g. * nebula m. Nebel, Dunkelheit , auch in anord. njól(a) f. Nebel, Nacht , ae. neowol, nifol u.ä. dunkel , afr. nevil Nebel (Vokalismus und Zusammengehörigkeit im einzelnen nicht … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
Nibelungenlied — German epic poem of 13c., lit. song of the Nibelungs, a race of dwarves who lived in Norway and owned a hoard of gold and a magic ring, lit. children of the mist, related to O.H.G. nebul mist, darkness, O.E. nifol (see NEBULA (Cf. nebula)) … Etymology dictionary
nebula — (n.) early 15c., nebule a cloud, mist, from L. nebula mist, vapor, fog, smoke, exhalation, figuratively darkness, obscurity, from PIE *nebh cloud (Cf. Skt. nabhas vapor, cloud, mists, fog, sky; Gk. nephele, nephos cloud; Ger. nebel fog; O.E … Etymology dictionary
Niflheim — Ni•fl•heim [[t]ˈnɪv əlˌheɪm[/t]] n. myt (in Norse myth) a realm of mist and darkness, ruled over by Hel • Etymology: < ON Niflheimr=nifl (c. OE nifol darkness, OHG nebal mist, cloud, L nebula (see nebula)) +heimr world, home … From formal English to slang
(enebh-2): nebh-, embh-, m̥bh- — (enebh 2): nebh , embh , m̥bh English meaning: wet, damp; water; clouds Deutsche Übersetzung: “feucht, Wasser”, out of it “Dampf, Dunst, Nebel, Wolke” Note: (Kontaminationsform nembh ); partly emb , omb from embh , ombh… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
nebula — [17] As its form suggests, nebula was originally a Latin word, but it goes back to a prehistoric Indo European base (*nebh ‘cloud’) which produced a wide range of other descendants, including German nebel ‘cloud’, Greek néphos ‘cloud’, and… … Word origins
