"Balder" meaning in Swedish

See Balder in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Balders [genitive]
Head templates: {{head|sv|proper noun|genitive|Balders|g=m|head=}} Balder m (genitive Balders), {{sv-proper noun|m}} Balder m (genitive Balders)
  1. (Norse mythology) Balder Tags: Norse, masculine
    Sense id: en-Balder-sv-name-pQW4Tm4S Categories (other): Norse mythology, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 3 8 2 11 3 23 26 11 3 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. a male given name from Old Norse Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Balder-sv-name-Rrb-xLdD Categories (other): Swedish given names, Swedish male given names

Inflected forms

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          "english": "In the part of the castle that was believed to be from pagan times, stood Saint Sigfrid, and before him knelt that heathen who had preferred Balder to Christ, and Odin to the Holy Trinity.",
          "ref": "1915, Viktor Rydberg, “Slottet i skogen”, in Singoalla, 11th edition, Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Runeberg.org, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2020:",
          "text": "I den del av slottet, som troddes vara från hednatid, stod sankt Sigfrid, och framför honom knäböjde den där hedningen, som hade föredragit Balder för Kristus och Oden för den heliga treenigheten.",
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          "english": "What did Odin whisper in Balder's ear before he was burned on the pyre?",
          "ref": "2016, Lars Lönnroth, transl., Den poetiska Eddan, Atlantis, →ISBN, Vaftrudnes visdomstävlan (Vafþrúðnismál) §54:",
          "text": "Vad viskade Oden i Balders öra innan han brändes på bål?",
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