What does "valhalla" mean?
An abode of the gods or afterlife in general.
Valhalla
/vælˈhælə/ name, noun
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: An abode of the gods or afterlife in general.
- Grammar: valhalla is listed as name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: hall of the slain, heaven, heroic paradise, mythic afterlife.
- Useful contrasts: Hel, the living.
- Usage evidence: And so the veil falls, revealing the walls, of cavernous halls, Valhalla calls.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An abode of the gods or afterlife in general. broadly
"“The swans are singing again,” said to one another the gods. And looking downwards, for my dreams had taken me to some fair and far Valhalla, I saw below me an iridescent bubble not greatly larger than a star shine beautifully but faintly, and up and up from it looking larger and larger came a flock of white, innumerable swans, singing and singing and singing, till it seemed as though even the gods were wild ships swimming in music."
- 2 (Norse mythology) the hall in which the souls of heroes slain in battle were received by Odin wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 The home of half of all warriors who died gloriously in battle as well as many of the Æsir. Norse
"[S]uch souls as were detruded from the body by any violent method went strait to Valhalla. (Latin original: Nostratibus sane hoc erat infallibiliter persuasum, animas, non vulgares, neque senio morbove, sec cruenta morte & vi corporibus exeuntes, recta ad Vahlallam ferri)"
- 2 A hamlet and census-designated place in Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York, United States.
"Investigators are not sure why the woman’s Mercedes SUV stopped on the tracks Tuesday night in Valhalla, about 30 miles north of New York City, National Transportation Safety Board Member Robert Sumwalt said Wednesday."
Synonyms
All synonymsAntonyms
Helthe living
Example
"And so the veil falls, revealing the walls, of cavernous halls, Valhalla calls."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "valhalla"?
Common synonyms include: hall of the slain, heaven, heroic paradise, mythic afterlife, paradise, valhöll.
How do you use "valhalla" in a sentence?
And so the veil falls, revealing the walls, of cavernous halls, Valhalla calls.
How do you pronounce "valhalla"?
Pronounced /vælˈhælə/.
Etymology
From New Latin, from Old Norse Valhǫll (from valr (“dead warriors”) + hǫll (“hall”)).