BALDER

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• BALDER (noun)
  The noun BALDER has 1 sense:

1. (Norse mythology) god of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature; son of Odin and Frigg and husband of Nanna; killed by Hoth

  Familiarity information: BALDER used as a noun is very rare.

• BALDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Norse mythology) god of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature; son of Odin and Frigg and husband of Nanna; killed by Hoth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Balder; Baldr

Instance hypernyms:

Norse deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen)

Domain category:

Norse mythology (the mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity)

 Context examples 

The rosy man had grown pale; his flesh had fallen away; he was visibly balder and older; and yet it was not so much these tokens of a swift physical decay that arrested the lawyer’s notice, as a look in the eye and quality of manner that seemed to testify to some deep-seated terror of the mind.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)