valkyrie
See also: Valkyrie
English
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Alternative forms
Etymology
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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
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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
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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 | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | valkyrie | valkyrien | valkyrier | valkyrierne |
genitive | valkyries | valkyriens | valkyriers | valkyriernes |
Further reading
valkyrie on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
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