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Balder   Listen
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Balder  n.  (Written also Baldur)  (Scan. Myth.) The most beautiful and beloved of the gods; the god of peace; the son of Odin and Freya.






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"Balder" Quotes from Famous Books



... false to his oath as a Prince and Magistrate. I only tell you what you desired to know, that Richard Whalley, one of the late King's judges, was he of whom I have just been speaking. I knew his lofty brow, though time had made it balder and higher; his grey eye retained all its lustre; and though the grizzled beard covered the lower part of his face, it prevented me not from recognising him. The scent was hot after him for his blood; but by the assistance ...
— Peveril of the Peak • Sir Walter Scott

... little balder in the eye, and losing warmth] Er—fine! [His eye wanders] Where's ...
— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

... imagine all Poets by locks hyacinthine Distinguished from Lawyers, Physicians, and Aldermen, By capillary cataracts, thick as are thin thine?— Bald, sooth to say, few undeniably balder men Can be found, for the comfort of heads without hair, Than that exquisite troubadour, ...
— Punch, Or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 21, 1891 • Various

... Balder is a son of Odin and Frigg. He is so fair that his countenance emits beams of brightness. He is wise and gentle, and is therefore loved by all. His dwelling is Breidablik, where nothing impure exists. ...
— Norwegian Life • Ethlyn T. Clough

... and in the Church that Wilfrid rules. You have been baptized once by the King's orders. I shall not have you baptized again; but if I find any more old women being sent to Wotan, or any girls dancing on the sly before Balder, or any men talking about Thun or Lok or the rest, I will teach you with my own hands how to keep faith with the Christian God. Go out quietly; you'll find a couple of beefs on the beach." Then of course they shouted "Hurrah!" which meant "Thor ...
— Rewards and Fairies • Rudyard Kipling



Words linked to "Balder" :   Baldr, Norse mythology, Norse deity



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