valkyrie
Any of the female attendants of Odin, figures said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvælˌkɪ.ɹi/
Etymology
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.
Walküre
walkure
valquiria
valkyrie
valchiria
valquíria
الفتاة الإسطوريّة
valkür
valquíria
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