Walkyrie

UK: /vælˈkɪərɪ/, /ˈvælkɪərɪ/

US: (wäl kēr′ē, -kī′rē, väl-, wäl′kēr ē, väl′-)

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Wal•kyr•ie  (wäl kēr′ē, -kī′rē, väl-, wäl′kēr ē, väl′-), n. 

1. Mythology Valkyrie.

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Walkyrie / vælˈkɪərɪ ˈvælkɪərɪ/ noun

1. a variant spelling of Valkyrie

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Val•kyr•ie  (val kēr′ē, -kī′rē, väl-, val′kə rē), n. [Scand. Myth.]

1. Mythology any of the beautiful maidens attendant upon Odin who bring the souls of slain warriors chosen by Odin or Tyr to Valhalla and there wait upon them.

Also, Walkyrie. 

• Old Norse valkyrja chooser of the slain (cognate with Old English wælcyrie witch), equivalent. to val(r) the slain in battle, slaughter (cognate with Old English wæl) + kyrja chooser (cognate with Old English cyrie); akin to choose

Val•kyr′i•an, adj. 

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Valkyrie, Walkyrie / vælˈkɪərɪ ˈvælkɪərɪ/Valkyr / ˈvælkɪə/ noun

1. any of the beautiful maidens who serve Odin and ride over battlefields to claim the dead heroes and take them to Valhalla

Etymology: 18th Century: from Old Norse Valkyrja, from valr slain warriors + köri to choose

Valˈkyrian adjective