Gjallar-horn

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(yällär hôrn′)


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Gjal•lar-horn  (yällär hôrn′),USA pronunciation n. [Scand. Myth.]
  1. Heimdall's horn, used to warn the gods of Ragnarok.
  • Old Norse, equivalent. to gjallar, genitive sing of gjǫll noise, din (Compare gjalla to resound loudly, scream; cognate with Old English g(i)ellan to yell) + horn horn


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