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Valkyrie

val·ky·rie

UK/ˈvælˌkɪ.ɹi/ US/ˈvælˌkɚ.i/ uncommon

noun

1.

(Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla

Origin

Borrowed from Old Norse valkyrja sg (“chooser of the slain”), plural valkyrjur pl, from Proto-Germanic *walakuzjǭ. Cognate to Old English wælcyrġe. First attested in English as a proper noun (Valkyries) in the 1770s; attested as a common noun (valkyries) since the 1880s.

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