wælcyrge

Old English

Alternative forms
  • Early Old English: uualcyrge, wælcyrge, wælcyrige, walcrigge, walcyrge,
  • Old English: wælcerie, wælcyrie, wælkyrie,
  • ƿælcyrġe

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *walakuzjǭ, either by descent or through Old Norse valkyrja.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwælkyrje/

Noun

wælcyrġe f

  1. a malevolent female demon
    • glossing Eurynis, Allecto, Bellona, Gorgo (wælkyrian eagan = oculos gorgoneos)
  2. a sorceress, a female witch
    • her syndan wiccan & wælcyrian. (Wulfstan, Sermo ad Anglos, ca. 1015)

Descendants
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