Etymology

Ragnarok

Rag·na·rok
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Today it means: A series of future events culminating in a battle, fought between the Æsir and the einherjar on one side, and the forces of Surtr, Loki, and Loki's children on the other, in which all of creation is burned down and almost all life is extinguished. Full definition →

Old Norse ragnarǫk
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  1. Old Norse · borrowed fromragnarǫk
  2. English todayRagnarok

Borrowed from Old Norse ragnarǫk (modern Icelandic ragnarök), from regin (“gods”) + rǫk (“fate, judgment”).

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