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Gladsheim

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[glahts-haym] / ˈglɑts heɪm /

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.
  1. the golden palace of Odin, of which Valhalla was a part.


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Even when he sits at the feasts of the gods in his golden palace, Gladsheim, or with the heroes in Valhalla, he eats nothing.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Odin was too tired from his journey to go to the Peacestead that afternoon; so he turned away and shut himself up in his palace of Gladsheim.

From Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) by Various

And he drove her away from Gladsheim, and sent her, friendless and poor, to live among the children of men, and to be in all ways like them.

From The Story of Siegfried by James Baldwin

It was so heavy that even the mighty Thor could hardly lift it, or drag it as far as Odin’s palace of Gladsheim.

From Asgard Stories Tales from Norse Mythology by Mabel H. Cummings

One of the halls in Gladsheim is called Valhal.

From The Story of Siegfried by James Baldwin

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