valkyrie
See also: Valkyrie
English
![](../I/m/Walkyrien_by_Emil_Doepler.jpg)
Emil Doepler, Walkyrien (1905)
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.
Noun
valkyrie (plural valkyries)
Translations
any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse valkyrja, from Proto-Germanic *walakuzjǭ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /valkyːriə/, [valˈkʰyɐ̯ˀiə]
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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