valkyrie

Definitions


[ˈvalkɪri], (Noun)

Definitions:
- each of Odin's twelve handmaids who conducted the slain warriors of their choice from the battlefield to Valhalla


Phrases:

Origin:
from Old Norse Valkyrja, literally ‘chooser of the slain’, from valr ‘the slain’ + kyrja ‘chooser’




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