Valhalla
ə, vɑlˈhɑ noun Scandinavian Mythology.
the hall of Odin into which the souls of heroes slain in battle and others who have died bravely are received.
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Valhalla, Walhalla, Valhall or Walhall (vælˈhælə, vælˈhæl, ˈvælhæl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| Norse myth the great hall of Odin where warriors who die as heroes in battle dwell eternally | |
| [C18: from Old Norse, from valr slain warriors + höll | |
| Walhalla, Walhalla, Valhall or Walhall | |
| —n | |
| [C18: from Old Norse, from valr slain warriors + höll | |
| Valhall, Walhalla, Valhall or Walhall | |
| —n | |
| [C18: from Old Norse, from valr slain warriors + höll | |
| Walhall, Walhalla, Valhall or Walhall | |
| —n | |
| [C18: from Old Norse, from valr slain warriors + höll | |
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Word Origin & History
Valhalla
heavenly hall in which Odin receives the souls of heroes slain in battle, 1768, from O.N. Valhöll "hall of the battle-slain;" first element from valr "those slain in battle," from P.Gmc. *walaz (cf. O.E. wæl "slaughter, bodies of the slain," O.H.G. wal "battlefield, slaughter"), from PIE
base *wele- "to strike, wound" (cf. Avestan vareta- "seized, prisoner," L. veles "ghosts of the dead," O.Ir. fuil "blood," Welsh gwel "wound"). Second element is from höll "hall," from PIE base *kel- "to conceal" (see cell). Reintroduced by 18c. antiquaries. Figurative sense is from 1845.
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