Dictionary

valkyrie en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈvælˌkɪ.ɹi/ (UK, US)
• /ˈvɑl-/ (UK, US)
• (US) audio
• /ˈvælˌkɚ.i/ (UK, US)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (Norse) Any of the female attendants of Odin, figures said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla.
   • Wagner's “Der Ring des Nibelungen” (1853) famously features valkyries.

Forms

Deriveds

valkyrielike

Relateds

shieldmaiden

Translations (65)

tl balkirya (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · it valchiria (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · fi valkyria (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · ja 女武神 (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · lt valkirijos (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · ja ヴァルキューレ (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · ko 왈퀴리아 (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · fa والکیری (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · ja 戦乙女 (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · fo valkyrja (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · is valkyrja (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · el βαλκυρία (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · cv валькири (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · ja ヴァルキリー (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · sh валки́ре (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · sl valkira (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · uk валькирія (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · cmn 瓦尔基里 (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · mk валки́ра (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · ta வால்கெய்ரி (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · ja ヴァルキュリヤ (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · ja 戦乙女 (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · it walkiria (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · sh valkíre (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · ca valquíria (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · sh валки́ра (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · gl valquiria (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · cmn 女武神 (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · es valkiria (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · af walkure (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · ru вальки́рия (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · bar Walküre (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · eo valkirio (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · et valküür (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · nl walkure (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · nn valkyrje (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · ja 戦女神 (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · pl walkiria (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · th วาลคิรี (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · sv valkyria (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · nb valkyrje (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · it walchiria (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · de Walküre (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · fr valkyrie (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · mk валки́рија (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · ja ワルキューレ (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · he ולקיריה (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · cs valkýra (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · ja 女武神 (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · lv valkīras (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · sh valkíra (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · sh valkíre (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · br valkirienn (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · es valquiria (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · ko 발키리 (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · sq valkyre (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · non valkyrja (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · pt valquíria (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · da valkyrie (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · tr valkür (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · ar فَالْكِيرِي (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · hu valkűr (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · ka ვალკირია (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · sk valkýra (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) · ro walkirie (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin)