Gjallar-horn
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Gjallar-horn
< Old Norse, equivalent to gjallar, genitive singular of gjǫll noise, din (Compare gjalla to resound loudly, scream; cognate with Old English g ( i ) ellan to yell ) + horn horn
Example Sentences
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He is full of wisdom, for he drinks from the well with the Gjallar-horn.
From The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Rasmus Björn Anderson
He has a horn called the Gjallar-horn, which is heard throughout the universe.....
From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by James Freeman Clarke
When the great day of wrath comes, Heimdal blows in the Gjallar-horn, Odin rides to Mimer's well, Odin puts on his golden helmet, the Asas hold counsel before their stone doors.
From Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel by Ignatius Donnelly
The AEsir, notwithstanding their supreme position, had need of such a warder, with his Gjallar-horn, mightier than the Paladin Astolfo's, that could make the universe reëcho to its blast.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 by Various
Now Heimdal arises and blows his Gjallar-horn, all the gods are assembled, the ash Ygdrasil trembles, and everything in heaven and on earth is filled with terror.
From Norwegian Life by Ethlyn T. Clough
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