‖ Midgard Myth.
(ˈmɪdgɑːd)
[repr. ON. Miðgarð-r: see middenerd.]
The proper name, in Scandinavian mythology, of the world inhabited by living men, in contradistinction to Asgard ({Aacu}sgarðr), the home of the gods. Also attrib., as midgard sea, midgard snake.
| 1882 C. F. Keary Outl. Prim. Belief 73 The mid-earth serpent called Jörmungandr..lying at the bottom of the mid-gard sea. |