/rahg"neuh rok'/ , n. Scand. Myth.
the destruction of the gods and of all things in a final battle with the evil powers.
Also, Ragnarök /rahg"neuh rok', -ruek'/ .
[ 1760-70; Ragnarok, equiv. to ragna, gen. of regin gods + rok fate, misread by some as Ragnarökkr lit., twilight of the gods; cf. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG ]