Náströnd


In Norse mythology, Nástrǫnd is a place in Hel where Níðhöggr lives and chews on corpses. It is the afterlife for those guilty of murder, adultery, and oath-breaking.

Orthography

In the standardized Old Norse orthography, the name is spelled Nástrǫnd, but the letter 'ǫ' is frequently replaced with the Modern Icelandic ö for reasons of familiarity or technical expediency.

''Poetic Edda''

The Völuspá says:

''Prose Edda''

quotes this part of Völuspá in the Gylfaginning section of his Prose Edda. He uses the plural of the word: Nástrandir.