Lexic.us

Definition of Hoder

1. Noun. (Norse mythology) a blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoder

Literary usage of Hoder

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

1. Pageants and Pageantry by Esther Willard Bates (1912)
"It grieves me, Hoder, to see you unable to join in the sports. ... Shoot, Hoder. It will gladden the gods to see you join in their mirth. ..."

2. A Student's Pastime: Being a Select Series of Articles Reprinted from "Notes by Walter William Skeat (1896)
"For in hoder-moder The church is put in faute.' The derivation of hugger-mugger, never yet correctly given (to my knowledge), is now plain enough. ..."

3. The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art Based Originally on by Charles Mills Gayley, Thomas Bulfinch (1911)
"But the blind Hoder, leaving the gods, went by the sea to Fen- salir, ... Might Hela perchance surrender Balder if Hoder himself should take his place among ..."

4. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"He approached Hoder, Balder's blind brother, who stood apart, with no weapon In his hand, and asked him why he did not join In the game. ..."

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