nifl

Etymology
In compounds probably means “darkness”, ultimately from whence the, cognates with Old High German  (New High German , whence ) and Latin.

Compare.

Noun

 * 1)  fog, darkness

Derived terms

 * (poetic: gone to hell, dead)
 * (poetic: evil)
 * (Niflheim; the Mist Home, the "Abode of Mist", the Mist World; the domain of the dead, the Underworld)
 * (poetic: the dark abode of the being Hel)
 * (poetic: a king, a head of state)
 * (Nibelung)
 * (poetic: a dark road)