单词 | valhalla |
释义 | Valhallan. a. In Old Northern mythology, the hall assigned to those who have died in battle, in which they feast with Odin. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > non-Christian > Valhalla Asgard1676 Valhall1763 Valhalla1768 α. β. 1851 Expositor 11 Jan. 171/2 A long and happy sojourn in the Walhalla.1768 T. Gray Fatal Sisters in Poems 79 (note) The Valkyriur..conducted them to Valkalla, the hall of Odin, or paradise of the Brave. 1780 Encycl. Brit. V. 3288/1 That their great Odinus excluded all those from his valhalla, or paradise, who [etc.]. 1801 M. G. Lewis Hacho's Death Song in Tales of Wonder xvii Soon as he gains Valhalla's gate, Eight heroes there to greet him wait. 1855 M. Arnold Balder Dead i. 19 Enough of tears, ye Gods, enough of wail! Not to lament in was Valhalla made. b. transferred and figurative. A place or sphere assigned to persons, etc., worthy of special honour. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > fame after death > [noun] > immortal fame > person having > sphere assigned to Valhalla1844 1844 E. B. Barrett Poems II. 161 That this Death, then, must be found A Valhalla for the crowned. 1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral 480 That St. Paul's might fitly become a Valhalla for English worthies. 1880 Ld. Acton Lett. to M. Gladstone (1904) 56 Neither Pitt nor Peel lives in my Walhalla. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1768 |
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