Ragnarok

[ rahg-nuh-rok ]

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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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