valkyrje

Norwegian Bokmål

Valkyrjeritt
Ride of the Valkyrs

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²vaːl.çʏr.je/, /²vaːl.kyr.je/

Noun

valkyrje f or m (definite singular valkyrja or valkyrjen, indefinite plural valkyrjer, definite plural valkyrjene)

1. (Norse mythology) a valkyrie; female attendant of Odin that leads fallen warriors to Valhalla

References

“valkyrje” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“valkyrje” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

valkyrje
valkyrie

Alternative forms

• valkyrja (pre-2012)
• valkyrju (Midlandsnormalen)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²vaːl.çʏr.jə/, /²vaːɽ.çʏr.jə/

Noun

valkyrje f (definite singular valkyrja, indefinite plural valkyrjer, definite plural valkyrjene)

1. (Norse mythology) a valkyrie; female attendant of Odin that leads fallen warriors to Valhalla

See also

• skjoldmøy, skjeldmøy

References

“valkyrje” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.