Definitions for valkyrievælˈkɪər i, -ˈkaɪ ri, vɑl-, ˈvæl kə ri
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Val•kyr•ievælˈkɪər i, -ˈkaɪ ri, vɑl-, ˈvæl kə ri(n.)
(in Norse myth) any of the female spirits who bring the souls of slain warriors to Valhalla.
Category: Mythology
Origin of Valkyrie:
< ON valkyrja=val(r) the slain in battle, slaughter (c. OE wæl) +kyrja chooser (c. OE cyrie); akin to choose
Val•kyr′i•an(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
Valkyrie(noun)
(Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla
Wiktionary
Valkyrie(Noun)
Any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin, minor female deities said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla. Often in reference to Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (published 1853).
Origin: English valkyrie is a loan from valkyrja (plural valkyrjur).
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