Valkyrie definition
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Noun
Origin of valkyrie
- Old Norse Valkyrja welə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Old Norse valkyrja (“chooser of the slain", singular), plural valkyrjur (plural), either from Germanic roots equivalent to, or formed in Norse from, the elements valr (“the slain") + kjósa (“to choose"). 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.
From Wiktionary
- The proper noun Valkyries was attested before the common noun valkyries. See the entry valkyrie for more.
From Wiktionary