fimbulwinter
Dec. 27th, 2012 07:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prettygoodwordfimbulwinter (FIM-buhl-win-tuhr or FIM-buhl-vin-tuhr) - n., an unusually cold or harsh winter.
From Norse mythology, where Fimbulvinter or Fimbulvetr is a three-year-long winter without summers that immediately precedes Ragnarök, the final battle between the gods and giants. In Norse, fimbul- as a prefix means big/great.
---L.
From Norse mythology, where Fimbulvinter or Fimbulvetr is a three-year-long winter without summers that immediately precedes Ragnarök, the final battle between the gods and giants. In Norse, fimbul- as a prefix means big/great.
---L.
