valhalla Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (Norse mythology) the hall in which the souls of heros slain in battle were received by Odin
    Walhalla.

WordNet

Val*hal"la noun
Etymology
Icel. valhöll, literally, hall of the slain; valr the slain (akin to AS. wæl, OHG. wal battlefield, wuol defeat, slaughter, AS. w&omac;l pestilence) + höll a royal hall. See Hall, and cf. Walhalla.
Definitions
  1. (Scand. Myth.) The palace of immortality, inhabited by the souls of heroes slain in battle.
  2. Fig.: A hall or temple adorned with statues and memorials of a nation's heroes; specifically, the Pantheon near Ratisbon, in Bavaria, consecrated to the illustrious dead of all Germany.

Webster 1913