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Ragnarok
[ rahg-nuh-rok ]
noun
, Scandinavian Mythology.
- the destruction of the gods and of all things in a final battle with the evil powers.
Ragnarök
/ ˈrɑːɡnəˌrɒk /
noun
- Norse myth the ultimate destruction of the gods in a cataclysmic battle with evil, out of which a new order will arise German equivalentGötterdämmerung
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Ragnarok1
1760–70; from Old Norse Ragnarǫk, equivalent to ragna, genitive of regin “gods” + rǫk “fate,” misread by some as Ragnarökkr literally, “twilight of the gods”; Götterdämmerung ( def )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Ragnarok1
Old Norse ragnarökkr , from regin the gods + rökkr twilight
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Example Sentences
Nothing, on Ragnarok, ever seemed to give warning before it killed.
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Always, on Ragnarok, winter was coming or the brown death of summer.
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"It's not what we did but what we do that we'll live or die by on Ragnarok," Lake said.
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The environment of Ragnarok had struck at the very young with merciless savagery.
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Ragnarok was a harsh and barren prison, and no amount of desire could ever make it otherwise.
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