Midgard

[ mid-gahrd ]

/ ˈmɪd gɑrd /

the middle earth, home of men, lying between Niflheim and Muspelheim, formed from the body of Ymir.

Origin of Midgard

< Old Norse mithgarthr, cognate with Old English middangeard the earth, the abode of men. See mid-, yard²

Jarnved, the great iron-wood forest lying to the east of Midgard, is the abode of a race of witches.

Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians |John Wesley Powell
The ancient name for it was the Midgard serpent, and doubtless, for the old myth-maker, it had another significance.

Vanishing Roads and Other Essays |Richard Le Gallienne
Rigsthula expressly presents Heimdal as teaching runes to the people whom he blessed by his arrival in Midgard.

Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 |Viktor Rydberg, Ph.D.
But the Midgard serpent was a more dangerous beast even than Death.

In The Days of Giants |Abbie Farwell Brown

They took his eyebrows and formed them into the place where Men now dwell, Midgard.

The Children of Odin |Padraic Colum

Midgard

/ (ˈmɪdɡɑːd) /

Norse myth the dwelling place of mankind, formed from the body of the giant Ymir and linked by the bridge Bifrost to Asgard, home of the gods

C19: from Old Norse mithgarthr; see mid 1, yard ²