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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.
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)
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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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