Definition of Balder

1. Noun. (Norse mythology) god of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature; son of Odin and Frigg and husband of Nanna; killed by Hoth.

Exact synonyms: Baldr
Category relationships: Norse Mythology
Generic synonyms: Norse Deity

Definition of Balder

1. n. The most beautiful and beloved of the gods; the god of peace; the son of Odin and Freya.

Definition of Balder

1. Adjective. (comparative of bald) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Balder

1. bald [adj] - See also: bald

Medical Definition of Balder

1. The most beautiful and beloved of the gods; the god of peace; the son of Odin and Freya. Alternative forms: Baldur. Origin: Icel. Baldr, akin to E. Bold. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Balder

bald erne
bald patch
bald patches
bald tongue
bald wig
baldacchin
baldacchins
baldachin
baldachino
baldachinos
baldachins
baldaquin
baldaquins
baldare
balded
balder (current term)
balderdash
balderdashed
balderdashes
balderdashing
baldest
baldfaced
baldhead
baldheaded
baldheads
baldie
baldier
baldies
baldiest
balding

Literary usage of Balder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher by Charles Madison Curry (1921)
"268 balder represented sunlight. He was a son of Odin. If we try to imagine how welcome the sunlight of spring must have been to the Norse folk after the ..."

2. Northern Antiquities: Or, A Description of the Manners, Customs, Religion by Paul Henri Mallet, Thomas Percy, Johann Göransson (1809)
"This done, the Gods, together with balder himself, fell to diverting themselves their grand assembly, and balder stood as a mark at they threw, ..."

3. The Household Book of Poetry by Charles Anderson Dana (1882)
"balder, the white sun-god, has departed! Beautiful as summer dawn was he; Loved of gods and men ... There he saw the beautiful immortal — Saw him, balder, ..."

4. Northern Antiquities: Or, A Description of the Manners, Customs, Religion by Paul Henri Mallet, Johan Göransson, Thomas Percy (1770)
"Of balder the Good. /CERTAINLY, fays Gangler, this was \^_jl a very great victory of THOR'S. The dream which balder had one night, replies Har, ..."

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