English Explanatory Dictionary

Twilight of the Gods

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Ragnarok.

Word forms

Twilight of the Gods the Twilight of the Gods

Etymology

From German Götterdämmerung (“the twilight of the gods”); by erroneously translating Old Norse ragnarǫk (“fate of the gods”), misconstrued as ragnarøkkr (“the twilight of the gods”).

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