Ragnarok
[rahg-nuh-rok]
- the destruction of the gods and of all things in a final battle with the evil powers.
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Also Rag·na·rök [rahg-nuh-rok, -rœk] /ˈrɑg nəˌrɒk, -ˌrœk/.
Origin of Ragnarok
1760–70; < Old Norse Ragnarǫk, equivalent to ragna, genitive of regin gods + rǫk fate, misread by some as Ragnarökkr literally, twilight of the gods; compare Götterdämmerung
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But his efforts can avail nothing until the day of Ragnarok.
Told by the Northmen:E. M. [Ethel Mary] Wilmot-Buxton
Nothing, on Ragnarok, ever seemed to give warning before it killed.
Space PrisonTom Godwin
Always, on Ragnarok, winter was coming or the brown death of summer.
Space PrisonTom Godwin
"It's not what we did but what we do that we'll live or die by on Ragnarok," Lake said.
Space PrisonTom Godwin
The environment of Ragnarok had struck at the very young with merciless savagery.
Space PrisonTom Godwin
Ragnarök
Ragnarok
- Norse myth the ultimate destruction of the gods in a cataclysmic battle with evil, out of which a new order will ariseGerman equivalent: Götterdämmerung
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Word Origin
Old Norse ragnarökkr, from regin the gods + rökkr twilight
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Word Origin and History for ragnarok
Ragnarok
n.
in Norse mythology, the last battle of the world, in which gods and men will be destroyed by monsters and darkness, 1770, from Old Norse ragna, genitive of rögn "gods" + rök "destined end" or rökr "twilight." Cf. Gotterdammerung.
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