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Vigrid

[ vee-grid ]

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of Vigrid1

< Old Norse īīٳ, equivalent to ī battle + -īٳ, derivative of īٳ to ride
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Example Sentences

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Fenris Wolf pads his way there also, and the Midgard serpent will navigate the flooded seas until it too is close to Vigrid, then it will writhe up onto the sand and force itself ashore—only its head and the first mile or so of its body.

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On the battlefield called Vigrid, the gods will fall in battle with the frost giants, and the frost giants will fall in battle with the gods.

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All of them, giants and the dead and the burning sons of Muspell, will travel to the battle plain called Vigrid.

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Vigrid is huge: three hundred miles across.

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The great ash tree Yggdrasil, the world-tree, will shake like a leaf in the wind, and the Aesir and with them the Einherjar, all the warriors who died good deaths in battle, will dress for war, and together they will ride out to Vigrid, the final battlefield.

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