Ragnarok

//ˈɹæɡ.nəˌɹɔk// name

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Noun
  1. 1
    myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A series of future events culminating in a battle, fought between the Æsir and the einherjar on one side, and the forces of Surtr, Loki, and Loki's children on the other, in which all of creation is burned down and almost all life is extinguished. Norse

    "Wilhelmina weeps, now and then, with her good Sonsfeld; hopes nevertheless there will be some dawn to this ragnarök, or general ‘twilight of the gods.’"

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apocalypseapocalypsearmageddondoomsdaygotterdammerunggotterdammerung

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"Wilhelmina weeps, now and then, with her good Sonsfeld; hopes nevertheless there will be some dawn to this ragnarök, or general ‘twilight of the gods.’"

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse ragnarǫk (modern Icelandic ragnarök), from regin (“gods”) + rǫk (“fate, judgment”).

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