[ON. Baldr, cogn. w. OE. baldor, bealdor hero, prince, f. bald: see BOLD.] Name of a Scandinavian deity, occurring in certain plant-names:—Balder-herb (Amaranthus hypochondriacus); Balder Brae, Balder’s Brae, Baldeyebrow [ON. Baldrs-brá] (Anthemis Cotula). See also BALDMONEY and BADDERLOCKS.
1552. Huloet, Baldar herbe.
1770. Bp. Percy, Mallet’s N. Antiq. (Bohn), 417. Thou may’st have some idea of the beauty of his hair when I tell thee that the whitest of all plants is called Baldur’s brow.
