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Hall of Odin

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The rocks, such as Halleberg and Hunneberg, from which the Hyperboreans, when tired of life, used to cast themselves into the sea; so called because they were the vestibule of the Scandinavian Elysium.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Half-done
Half-faced Groat (You)
Half-seas Over
Halfpenny
Halgaver
Halifax
Halifax (in Nova Scotia)
Halifax Law
Hall Mark
Hall Sunday
Hall of Odin
Hallam’s Greek
Hallel
Hallelujah
Hallelujah Lass (A)
Hallelujah Victory
Halloo when out of the Wood
Halloween (October 31st)
Halter
Halter, or rather Halster
Haltios