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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of Odin's handmaidens who conducted the souls of the slain to Valhalla.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of valkyrie.

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  • noun (Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

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

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The proper noun Valkyries was attested before the common noun valkyries. See the entry valkyrie for more.

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