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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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