Asgard

American

[ahs-gahrd, as-] / ˈɑs gɑrd, ˈæs- /

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.

the home of the Aesir and location of Valhalla and the palaces of the individual gods: connected with the earth by the rainbow bridge, Bifrost.

Asgard British

/ ˈæsɡɑːd, ˈæsɡɑːθ /

noun

Norse myth the dwelling place of the principal gods, the Aesir

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Etymology

Origin of Asgard

< Old Norse Āsgarthr, equivalent to ās god (cognate with Old English ōs ) + garthr yard; see garth

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Asgard

"It's the least realistic part of simulator golf," accepts Asgard.

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026

Writing in the journal Nature, the team focused on a group of microbes called Asgard archaea, which are considered close relatives of the ancestors of complex life.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2026

"These Asgard archaea are often missed by low-coverage sequencing," said co-author Kathryn Appler, a postdoctoral researcher at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2026

Mr Edgley has previously joked that the challenge would be "the closest thing yet to swimming around Asgard" - the mythical home of the Norse god Thor.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025

The gods of Asgard heard the screech and the boom of the wings, and they went to the high walls to see what was happening.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

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