valkyrie

Meaning

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

Synonyms

Valkyrie

Translations

Walküre

walkure

valquiria

valkyrie

valchiria

valquíria

الفتاة الإسطوريّة

valkür

فَالْكِيرِي

valquíria

Βαλκυρία

Valchiria

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvælˌkɪ.ɹi/

Etymology

Cognate with Old English: 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.