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单词 valhalla
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Valhallan.

Brit. /valˈhalə/, U.S. /vælˈhælə/, /vɑlˈhɑlə/
Forms: Also Walhalla, (1700s Valkalla).
Etymology: < modern Latin Valhalla, < Old Norse Valhall-, Valhǫll, < val-r (= Old English wæl) those slain in battle + hǫll hall. Compare German Walhalla, French Walhalla, Valhalla.
a. In Old Northern mythology, the hall assigned to those who have died in battle, in which they feast with Odin.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > non-Christian > Valhalla
Asgard1676
Valhall1763
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α.
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.
β. 1851 Expositor 11 Jan. 171/2 A long and happy sojourn in the Walhalla.
b. transferred and figurative. A place or sphere assigned to persons, etc., worthy of special honour.
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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).
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