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valhalla


noun Scandinavian Mythology.

  1. the hall of Odin into which the souls of heroes slain in battle and others who have died bravely are received.

noun

  1. Norse myth the great hall of Odin where warriors who die as heroes in battle dwell eternally
n.

heavenly hall in which Odin receives the souls of heroes slain in battle, 1768, from Old Norse Valhöll “hall of the battle-slain;” first element from valr “those slain in battle,” from Proto-Germanic *walaz (cf. Old English wæl “slaughter, bodies of the slain,” Old High German wal “battlefield, slaughter”), from PIE root *wele- “to strike, wound” (cf. Avestan vareta- “seized, prisoner,” Latin veles “ghosts of the dead,” Old Irish fuil “blood,” Welsh gwel “wound”). Second element is from höll “hall,” from PIE root *kel- “to conceal” (see cell). Reintroduced by 18c. antiquaries. Figurative sense is from 1845.

In Norse mythology, a dwelling in Asgard, the Norse heaven, reserved for the souls of those who died heroic deaths.

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