English Dictionary

Valhalla

IPA（発音記号）

/vælˈhælə/

固有名詞

古ノルド語

(Norse mythology) The home of half of all warriors who died gloriously in battle as well as many of the Æsir.

日本語の意味

北欧神話に登場する、戦死した英雄たちが安らかに暮らす楽園。戦いで名誉ある死を遂げた戦士の半分と多くのÆsir（主要な神々）が住む場所。

Many warriors dreamed that, after a glorious death on the battlefield, they would feast forever in Valhalla.

多くの戦士は、戦場で栄光ある死を遂げた後、戦死した勇士たちの館で永遠に饗宴を楽しむと夢見ていた。

意味（1）

(Norse mythology) The home of half of all warriors who died gloriously in battle as well as many of the Æsir.

[S]uch souls as were detruded from the body by any violent method went strait to Valhalla. (Latin original: Nostratibus sane hoc erat infallibiliter persuasum, animas, non vulgares, neque senio morbove, sec cruenta morte & vi corporibus exeuntes, recta ad Vahlallam ferri)