valkyrie

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See also: Valkyrie

English

Emil Doepler, Walkyrien (1905)

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse valkyrja sg (chooser of the slain), plural valkyrjur pl, from Proto-Germanic *walakuzjǭ. Cognate to Old English wælcyrġe. First attested in English as a proper noun (Valkyries) in the 1770s; attested as a common noun (valkyries) since the 1880s.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈvælˌkɪ.ɹi/, /ˈvælˌkɚ.i/, /ˈvɑl-/
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Noun

valkyrie (plural valkyries)

  1. (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.

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Danish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse valkyrja, from Proto-Germanic *walakuzjǭ.

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Noun

valkyrie c (singular definite valkyrien, plural indefinite valkyrier)

  1. valkyrie
  2. fury, virago (a large, strong, courageous or aggressive woman)

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse valkyrja.

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Noun

valkyrie f (plural valkyries)

  1. valkyrie

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