单词 | asgard |
释义 | Asgardn. Scandinavian Mythology. (The name of) the celestial realm inhabited by the group of gods known as the Aesir (cf. Aesir n.), in which Valhalla is situated. Cf. Midgard n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > non-Christian > Valhalla Asgard1676 Valhall1763 Valhalla1768 1676 A. Sammes tr. S. Sturluson in Britannia Antiqua Illustrata 433 A City named Asgard, wherein Ruled, with great Authority, a mighty Hero named Othin, to twelve of the chief Senatours who excell'd in Piety and Wisdom, and therefore were called..Diar, i. e. Gods, or Divine Persons. 1784 E. Jerningham Rise Scand. Poetry i. 6 And as around the broken rays he flung, From the fall'n spires the gods of Asgard sprung. 1889 R. B. Anderson tr. V. Rydberg Teutonic Mythol. 156 A giantess who had been adopted in Asgard as Odin's ‘wish-may’. 1919 A. Merritt Moon Pool 195 ‘Asgard!’ Olaf stood beside me, eyes burning, pointing to the arch. ‘Bifrost Bridge,..over which souls go to Valhalla.’ 2005 D. Keding & A. Douglas Eng. Folktales 208 The bright gods of Asgard from Norse mythology..were constantly battling the Ice Giants. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1676 |
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