valkyrie

Significat (Anglès)

Any of the female attendants of Odin, figures said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla.

Conceptes

valquíria

Sinònims

Valkyrie

Traduccions

Walküre

walkure

valquiria

valkyrie

valquíria

الفتاة الإسطوريّة

valkür

فَالْكِيرِي

Βαλκυρία

Valchiria

valchiria

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈvælˌkɪ.ɹi/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb anglès antic: wælcyrge

In summary

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.