valkyrie

See also: Valkyrie

English
Emil Doepler, Walkyrien (1905)

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

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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /valkyːriə/, [valˈkʰyɐ̯ˀiə]

Noun

valkyrie c (singular definite valkyrien, plural indefinite valkyrier)

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

Inflection
Declension of valkyrie
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative valkyrie valkyrien valkyrier valkyrierne
genitive valkyries valkyriens valkyriers valkyriernes

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse valkyrja.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /val.ki.ʁi/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

valkyrie f (plural valkyries)

  1. valkyrie

Further reading
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