Asgard

American  

[ahs-gahrd, as-] / ˈɑs gɑrd, ˈæs- /

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.

1. 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.

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Asgard British  

/ ˈæsɡɑːd, ˈæsɡɑːθ /

noun

1. 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

Baker's team studies the genomes of Asgard archaea to identify new branches of the group and better understand how these microbes generate energy.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2026

Further east, on the coast at St Abbs, they are proud to have stood in for New Asgard in the filming of Avengers: Endgame.

From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2023

In “Thor: Ragnarok,” he teamed up with his brother to protect the people of Asgard, morphing from villain to antihero.

From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2023

Faced with these challenges, the leader of an elite drone squad called the Asgard Group, which oversees Giocondo’s unit, sensed an opportunity.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2023

But Kvasir merely smiled, and he left the gods puzzling over his words, and he put on a traveling cloak, and he left Asgard and walked the rainbow bridge.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman