Ragnarok

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæɡ.nə.ɹɒk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæɡ.nə.ɹɑk/

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• Hyphenation: Rag‧na‧rok

Ragnarok

1. (Norse mythology) A series of future events culminating in a battle, fought between the Æsir and einherjar on one side and the forces of Surt, Loki, and Loki's children on the other, in which all of creation is burned down and almost all life is extinguished.

• (final battle): apocalypse, armageddon, doomsday, Götterdämmerung, judgement day, Twilight of the Gods

Ragnarok m

1. (Norse mythology) Ragnarok (end of the world in Norse mythology)