Bal·der

or Bal·dur (bôl′dər)

n. Norse Mythology

The god of light.

[Old Norse Baldr, from ballr, baldr, brave; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]

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Balder

(ˈbɔːldə)

(Norse Myth & Legend) Norse myth a god, son of Odin and Frigg, noted for his beauty and sweet nature. He was killed by a bough of mistletoe thrown by the blind god Höd, misled by the malicious Loki

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Bal•der

(ˈbɔl dər)

n.

(in Norse myth) a handsome son of the god Odin, killed and kept in the underworld through ruses of Loki.

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Balder - (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

Baldr

Norse mythology - the mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity

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The rosy man had grown pale; his flesh had fallen away; he was visibly balder and older; and yet it was not so much these tokens of a swift physical decay that arrested the lawyer's notice, as a look in the eye and quality of manner that seemed to testify to some deep-seated terror of the mind.

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Even he was repelled by the stem command, ``Down, Balder, down!

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He was a little stouter, a little balder, a little grayer.

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So the boys, one after another, who are called up, stick more and more, and make balder and ever more bald work of it.

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