Vigrid

[ vee-grid ]

noun

, Scandinavian Mythology.

1. the field on which the last battle between the gods and their enemies is destined to be fought at the time of Ragnarok.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Vigrid¹

< Old Norse Vīgrīthr, equivalent to vīg battle + -rīthr, derivative of rītha to ride

Example Sentences

All of them, giants and the dead and the burning sons of Muspell, will travel to the battle plain called Vigrid.

From Literature

Vigrid is huge: three hundred miles across.

From Literature

Fenris Wolf pads his way there also, and the Midgard serpent will navigate the flooded seas until it too is close to Vigrid, then it will writhe up onto the sand and force itself ashore—only its head and the first mile or so of its body.

From Literature

The great ash tree Yggdrasil, the world-tree, will shake like a leaf in the wind, and the Aesir and with them the Einherjar, all the warriors who died good deaths in battle, will dress for war, and together they will ride out to Vigrid, the final battlefield.

From Literature

They walk toward each other across Vigrid, treading on corpses, wading through blood and flames to reach each other.

From Literature