Fimbulvetr
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Fimbulwinter (, ) is the immediate prelude to the events of Ragnarök in Norse mythology.
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Fimbulwinter (, ) is the immediate prelude to the events of Ragnarök in Norse mythology.
==Etymology== comes from Old Norse, meaning "awful, mighty winter". The prefix fimbul, albeit with a largely unknown etymology, means "mighty, giant" etc., so the literal interpretation is "mighty winter".
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