Vigrid

American  

[vee-grid] / ˈvi grɪd /

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.

1. the field on which the last battle between the gods and their enemies is destined to be fought at the time of Ragnarok.

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Etymology

Origin of Vigrid

< Old Norse Vīgrīthr, equivalent to vīg battle + -rīthr, derivative of rītha to ride

Example Sentences

Tore Tvedt, founder of far-right group Vigrid, said on Muslim immigration: "When they get their will, the Nordic race will be exterminated."

From BBC

"The constitution has been cancelled, we're at war now," Tore Tvedt, the founder of far-right group Vigrid told the court.

From Reuters

Not until after the end of this winter do giants and gods collect their forces for a decisive conflict on Vigrid's plains; and when this conflict is ended, then comes the conflagration of the world, and after it the regeneration.

From Project Gutenberg

In 2004, the country's domestic intelligence moved in on a right-wing extremist group called Vigrid, whose leader Tore Tvedt had built up a network of about 200 people and drew them in with a mix of neo-Nazi teachings, Odinism, and ideas borrowed from Timothy McVeigh, the 1995 Okalahoma City bomber, according to an intelligence official who asked to remain anonymous.

From Time

Fearing Vigrid could evolve into a terrorist network, the agency launched a campaign to disrupt the group by sending agents to visit everyone involved except its top leaders.

From Time