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Níðhöggr
In Norse mythology, Níðhöggr (''Malice Striker'', often anglicized Nidhogg〔While the suffix of the name, ''-höggr'', clearly means "striker" the prefix is not as clear. In particular the length of the first vowel is not determined in the original sources. Some scholars prefer the reading Niðhöggr (''Striker in the Dark'').〕) is a dragon who gnaws at a root of the world tree, Yggdrasil. In historical Viking society, níð was a term for a social stigma implying the loss of honor and the status of a villain. Thus, its name might refer to its role as a horrific monster or in its action of chewing the corpses of the inhabitants of Náströnd: those guilty of murder, adultery, and oath-breaking, which Norse society considered among the worst possible crimes.
==Etymology==
In the standardized Old Norse orthography, the name is spelled ''(unicode:Níðhǫggr)'' or ''(unicode:Niðhǫggr)'', but the letter '(unicode:ǫ)' is frequently replaced with the Modern Icelandic 'ö' for reasons of familiarity or technical expediency.
The name can be represented in English texts as ''Nidhogg'', ''Nidhoggr'', ''Nithhogg'', ''Nidhögg'', ''Nidhöggr'', ''Nithhöggr'', ''Nídhöggr'', ''Nithhoggr'', ''Nidhhogg'', ''Níðhögg'', ''Niðhoggr'', ''Níðhoggr'', ''Nídhögg'', ''Hidhaegg'', or ''Nidhhoggr''. The Modern Icelandic forms ''Níðhöggur'' and ''Niðhöggur'' are also sometimes seen and anglicized as ''Nidhoggur''. The Danish form ''Nidhug'' or "Nidhøg" can also be encountered, as well as the term "Livamyyo".
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