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Val⋅hal⋅la

  [val-hal-uh, vahl-hah-luh]
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–noun Scandinavian Mythology.
the hall of Odin into which the souls of heroes slain in battle and others who have died bravely are received.
Also, Val⋅hall  [val-hal, val-hal] , Walhalla, Walhall.

Origin:
1760–70; Latinized form of ON Valhǫll, equiv. to val(r) the slain in battle, slaughter (c. OE wæl) + hǫll hall
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Wal⋅hal⋅la

  [wal-hal-uh, val-, wahl-hah-luh, vahl-]
–noun
Valhalla.
Also, Wal⋅hall  [wal-hal, wal-hal] .
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Valhalla [(val-hal-uh)]

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

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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