NOUN
- (Norse mythology) the primeval giant slain by Odin and his brothers and from whose body they created the world: the sea from his blood; the earth from his flesh; the mountains from his bones; the sky from his skull
How To Use Ymir In A Sentence
- The earth is fashioned round without, and there beyond, round about it lies the deep sea; and on that sea-strand the gods gave land for an abode to the giant kind, but within on the earth made they a burg round the world against restless giants, and for this burg reared they the brows of Ymir, and called the burg Midgard. The Story of the Volsungs
- Apparently, a team of scientists were able to salvage a fragment of Ymir's Heart, and use it to lauch part of Juperos into the sky.
- Also, the dead Ymir is turned to account similarly with the dead Kronos.
- And when I had told her of Niflheim and Muspell, of the birth of the giant Ymir from the snowflakes, of the cow Andhumbla, and of Fenrir and Loki and the frozen Jotuns -- as I say, when I had told her of all this, and of Thor and Odin and our own Valhalla, she clapped her hands and cried out, with sparkling eyes: Chapter 17
- Ymirites do not aberrate in such fashion," said Thua stiffly. Agent Of The Terran Empire
- `Because the Lightstone,' Ymiru said, `is attuned to the galastei and all things of power, but especially to the telluric currents. THE LIGHTSTONE: BOOK ONE, PART TWO OF THE EA CYCLE
- He struggled to sit up as he peered at Ymiru's work through his bleary eyes. THE LIGHTSTONE: BOOK ONE, PART TWO OF THE EA CYCLE
- R'shiel fervently hoped it was Dranymire pausing for dramatic effect, not fighting for control over the meld. TREASON KEEP
- These diversities are highest in continental parts of the Arctic such as the Taymir Peninsula of Russia, where there are about 150 species of plants (vascular plants, lichens, and mosses) per 100 m2 plot, 40 to 50 species per square meter, and up to 25 species per square decimeter [10]. Implications of current species distributions for future biotic change in the Arctic
- At almost the same instant, Dranymire lost control of the meld. TREASON KEEP