1894 Brewer’s / G / Gladsheim [Home of joy]
The largest and most magnificent mansion of the Scandinavian Æsir. It contains twelve seats besides the throne of Alfader. The great hall of Gladsheim was called “Valhalla.”
· ·
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.