Free Translator Free Translator
Translators Dictionaries Courses Other
Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Asgard   Listen
Asgard

noun
1.
(Norse mythology) the heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods (the Aesir) and slain war heroes.






WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University








Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words



Share |





"Asgard" Quotes from Famous Books



... the ways of my Norse forefathers, and the certainty of what that penthouse might hold flashed on me. Many a time I had heard how in long ago days men would set the body of their dead chief afloat in his favourite ship, with all his treasure and war gear, and all else that a chief might need in Asgard; and so light his balefire on board, and let him pass to a sea grave beyond the ken of men in strange magnificence. For we of the old faith hold that what a man buries in life, or takes with him to the grave in death, is his to enjoy in the hall of ...
— A Sea Queen's Sailing • Charles Whistler



Words linked to "Asgard" :   fictitious place, Norse mythology, mythical place, imaginary place



Copyright © 2024 Free-Translator.com