valkyrie
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Emil Doepler, Walkyrien (1905)
See also: Valkyrie
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse valkyrja sg (“chooser of the slain”), plural valkyrjur pl, from Proto-Germanic *walakuzjǭ. Cognate to Old English wælcyrge. First attested in English as a proper noun (Valkyries) in the 1770s; attested as a common noun (valkyries) since the 1880s.
Pronunciation
Noun
valkyrie (plural valkyries)
- (Norse mythology) Any of the female attendants of Odin, figures said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla.
- Wagner's “Der Ring des Nibelungen” (1853) famously features valkyries.
Translations
any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
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Further reading
Danish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Norse valkyrja, from Proto-Germanic *walakuzjǭ.
Pronunciation
Noun
valkyrie c (singular definite valkyrien, plural indefinite valkyrier)
Inflection
Declension of valkyrie
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | valkyrie | valkyrien | valkyrier | valkyrierne |
| genitive | valkyries | valkyriens | valkyriers | valkyriernes |
Further reading
valkyrie on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse valkyrja.
Pronunciation
Noun
valkyrie f (plural valkyries)
Further reading
- “valkyrie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.