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Word: Valkyrie
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
from Old Norse Valkyrja, literally ‘chooser of the slain’, from valr ‘the slain’ + kyrja ‘chooser’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈvalkɪri
Dialects: British English
Definition:
each of Odin's twelve handmaids who conducted the slain warriors of their choice from the battlefield to Valhalla.
Short Definition:each of Odin's twelve handmaids who conducted slain warriors of their choice from battlefield to Valhalla
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