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Ragnarok definition

Rag·na·rok (rag′nə räk′)

noun

Norse Myth. the destruction of the world in the last great conflict between the gods and the forces of evil

Etymology: ON ragna rǫk, judgment of the gods < ragna, gen. pl. of regin, gods, lit., the counselors (< IE base *rek-, to order) + rǫk, tale, fate (< rekja, to declare < IE base *reĝ-, to put in order > right); confused with ragnarøkkr, twilight of the gods

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