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Val⋅kyr⋅ie

  [val-keer-ee, -kahy-ree, vahl-, val-kuh-ree]
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–noun Scandinavian 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.

Origin:
< ON valkyrja chooser of the slain (c. OE wælcyrie witch), equiv. to val(r) the slain in battle, slaughter (c. OE wæl) + kyrja chooser (c. OE cyrie); akin to choose

Related forms:
Val⋅kyr⋅i⋅an, adjective
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Val·kyr·ie   (vāl-kîr'ē, -kī'rē, vāl'kə-rē)   
n.   Mythology
Any of Odin's handmaidens who conducted the souls of the slain to Valhalla.

[Old Norse Valkyrja; see welə- in Indo-European roots.]
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