BALDER

"Seed of Baal", from the Chaldean form of Baal-zar. The Hebrew "z" often became a "d" in later Chaldee.

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Bal″der (�), 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.]