词族 · Valhalla
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中文词源
Valhalla 瓦尔哈拉殿堂（北欧神话中阵亡将士与奥丁神居住的宫殿）
来自古诺斯语Valholl,来自val-,勇士，战死的英雄，来自PIE*wele,击，打，撕，词源同vulture,halla-,词源同hall,大堂，厅堂。
英语词源
- Valhalla (n.)
- heavenly hall in which Odin receives the souls of heroes slain in battle, 1696 (in Archdeacon Nicolson's "English Historical Library"), from Old Norse Valhöll "hall of the battle-slain;" first element from valr "those slain in battle," from Proto-Germanic *walaz (cognates: Old English wæl "slaughter, bodies of the slain," Old High German wal "battlefield, slaughter"), from PIE root *wele- (2) "to strike, wound" (cognates: Avestan vareta- "seized, prisoner," Latin veles "ghosts of the dead," Old Irish fuil "blood," Welsh gwel "wound"). Second element is from höll "hall," from PIE root *kel- (2) "to conceal" (see cell). Reintroduced by 18c. antiquaries. Figurative sense is from 1845.
权威例句
- 1. Heroes visiting the Hall of Valhalla in a Stronghold become better warriors.
- 在据点城里访问了英烈祠的英雄将变成更好的武士.