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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When he blows his Gjallar-horn, it is heard throughout the world.
From Norwegian Life by Ethlyn T. Clough
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
To battle the gods are called By the ancient Gjallar-horn.
From Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber
Gjallar-horn, Heimdall's horn, to be blown especially at the beginning of Ragnarok, symbolical here of the painful passing of the old order, which ushers in a new world.
From Poems and Songs by Arthur Hubbell Palmer
While these things are happening, Heimdal stands up, blows with all his might in the Gjallar-horn and awakens all the gods, who thereupon hold counsel.
From The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Rasmus Björn Anderson
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