ragnarök
UK /ˈɹæɡ.nəˌɹɒk/ · US /ˈɹæɡ.nəˌɹɔk/ proper noun
- proper noun (Norse mythology) A series of future events culminating in a battle, fought between the Æsir and the einherjar on one side, and the forces of Surtr, Loki, and Loki's children on the other, in which all of creation is burned down and almost all life is extinguished.
Synonyms
apocalypse armageddon doomsday Götterdämmerung judgement day Twilight of the Gods
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse ragnarǫk (modern Icelandic ragnarök), from regin (“gods”) + rǫk (“fate, judgment”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun The so-called "Twilight of the Gods" (called in German Götterdämmerung), the final destruction of the world in the great conflict between the Æsir (gods) on the one hand, and on the other, the gaints and the powers of Hel under the leadership of Loki (who is escaped from bondage).
- noun The so-called "Twilight of the Gods" (called in German Götterdämmerung), the final destruction of the world in the great conflict between the Æsir (gods) on the one hand, and on the other, the gaints and the powers of Hel under the leadership of Loki (who is escaped from bondage).
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “ragnarök”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details