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

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

References

“valkyrje” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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