• (n.) One of the maidens of Odin, represented as awful and beautiful, who presided over battle and marked out those who were to be slain, and who also ministered at the feasts of heroes in Valhalla.
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One of the maidens of Odin, represented as awful and beautiful, who presided over battle and marked out those who were to be slain, and who also ministered at the feasts of heroes in Valhalla. ... Alternative forms: Valkyr, and Walkyr. ... Origin: Icel. Valkyrja (akin to AS. Waelcyrie); valr the slain + kjosa to choose. See Valhalla, and Choose. .....
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Val·kyr'i·a noun [ Icelandic
valkyrja (akin to Anglo-Saxon
wælcyrie );
valr the slain +
kjōsa to choose. See
Valhalla , and
Choose .]
(Scand. Myth.) One of the maidens of Odin, represented as awful and beautiful, who presided over battle and ...
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