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Valhalla

[ val-hal-uh, vahl-hah-luh ]

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.
  1. the hall of Odin into which the souls of heroes slain in battle and others who have died bravely are received.


Valhalla

/ ˈvælhæl; vælˈhæl; vælˈhælə /

noun

  1. Norse myth the great hall of Odin where warriors who die as heroes in battle dwell eternally
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Valhalla

  1. In Norse mythology , a dwelling in Asgard, the Norse heaven , reserved for the souls of those who died heroic deaths.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Valhalla1

First recorded in 1760–70; Latinized form of Old Norse ղǫ, from val(r) “the slain in battle, slaughter” (cognate with Old English æ; Valkyrie ( def ) ) + ǫ hall
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Valhalla1

C18: from Old Norse, from valr slain warriors + ö hall
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"I can get another one of these. So I mean, as much as I love this saw and I spent hours making cool stuff on it. It can be replaced. It's it's now in Valhalla."

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He drove past a policeman to escape a traffic jam at the entrance to Valhalla.

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He could not sustain that form at Valhalla and then came the crushing conclusion at Pinehurst the following month.

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When Schauffele won his first major championship, the US PGA at Valhalla in May, his parents and, you sense, his greatest influences were far away from Louisville.

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Scheffler was stopped once — by a police officer who believed the golfer was disregarding his signals at a fatal traffic accident outside Valhalla Country Club in Louisville, Ky., site of the PGA Championship.

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