Crossword clues for balder
balder
- More obvious
- Having less top growth
- Like Bruce Willis, in his later movie roles
- Son of Odin and Frigg and husband of Nanna
- Killed by Hoth
- With no effort to conceal
- Without the natural or usual covering
- Lacking hair on all or most of the scalp
- (Norse mythology) god of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature
- Norse god of light
- Son of Odin and Frigg
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Balder \Bal"der\ (b[add]l"d[~e]r), prop. n. [Icel. Baldr, akin to E. bold.] (Scan. Myth.) The most beautiful and beloved of the gods; the god of peace; the son of Odin and Freya. [Written also Baldur.]
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: bald)
Wikipedia
Balder the Brave is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is based on the deity Baldr from Norse mythology.
Balder is a wooden roller coaster at the Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg, Sweden. It opened in 2003 and was an instant success. Balder has twice, 2003 and 2005, been voted Best Wooden Tracked Roller Coaster in the world in a major international poll.
Balder is very different from a traditional wooden roller coaster because it is a prefabricated wooden roller coaster. This means that instead of trackers cutting, shaping, and laying down the track on site by hand, the track is laser cut in a factory . This means that the track is manufactured to a higher degree of precision than could ever be achieved by hand. The track is also made so that it snaps together like Lego pieces . The track also is made of more layers of wood that are tightly bonded together instead of nailed together by hand like a traditional wooden roller coaster. This has three major benefits, two being to the park and the other being to the riders.
The "Plug and Play" aspect of the coaster speeds construction of the coaster since track does not have to be completely manufactured on site. In addition, because of the speed of construction, the costs of building the coaster are lowered due to less man-hours spent on the construction. The riders benefit from a coaster, that while being wooden, is near steel smooth. However, some roller coaster enthusiasts may find that aspect to take away from the ride since it would not have the same character as a traditional wooden roller coaster . Balder is praised by many roller coaster enthusiasts around the world, and is said to be one of the best roller coasters in Europe. Three other prefabricated wooden roller coasters currently exist, Colossos at Heide Park, El Toro at Six Flags Great Adventure, and T Express in Everland .
Baldr or Balder or Baldur is a Norse god.
Balder may also refer to:
- Balder (comics), a character in Marvel comics
- Balder (roller coaster), a roller coaster in Sweden
- DCV Balder, a deepwater construction vessel
- MS Balder Sten or MS Phocine, a ferry built in 1985
Usage examples of "balder".
And Balder too, the bloodless god looked down On me with frowning glances full of threats.
She wept and prayed, on good Balder calling, While down her cheeks were the tear-drops falling.
A hero glance about him he cast from time to time, And stood as Balder beauteous, as Asa-Thor sublime.
I bring not runes nor charms, but bending lowly Would learn to appease pale Balder holy.
It stood there in its grandeur on the mountain cliff, And mirrored in the ocean wave its lofty brow, While round about it, like a zone of beauteous flowers, Far stretched the dale of Balder with its sighing groves.
Yet both turned pale, the radiance of their starry crowns Was half extinguished when the pious Balder fell,-- The band was he of all the diadems of heaven.
Then holy Balder still abode in thy pure soul, Thou asa-son, thou wandering image of high heaven.
For childhood Balder is not dead, and Hela gives Again her prey us often as a child is born.
But on the green hill-slopes will Balder govern then The new-born asas, and a human race renewed.
That offering Balder asks, and I, his priest, require In token that the peaceful god thou mockest not.
Trained in the hard school of combat, Balder was used to bearing the weight of grown men in full armor upon his broad back.
Theido rode ahead on his quick, brown palfrey and Quentin, astride the mighty Balder, followed not far behind at his right shoulder.
For this run to the Wall Toli had been mounted with him on Balder, the largest of the horses.
Quentin let Balder have his head and allowed his mind to wander where it would.
Then he got up and came to Balder, patted him on the neck and reached down for a hoof.