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Valkyr
(gcide) | Valkyria \Val*kyr"i*a\, n. [Icel. valkyrja (akin to AS.
w[ae]lcyrie); valr the slain + kj[=o]sa to choose. See
Valhalla, and Choose.] (Scand. Myth.)
One of the maidens of Odin, represented as awful and
beautiful, who presided over battle and marked out those who
were to be slain, and who also ministered at the feasts of
heroes in Valhalla. Now commonly written Valkyrie. [Written
also Valkyr, Valkyrie, Walkyrie and Walkyr.]
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valkyrie
(encz) | Valkyrie,bohyně norské mytologie Zdeněk Brož |
Valkyria
(gcide) | Valkyria \Val*kyr"i*a\, n. [Icel. valkyrja (akin to AS.
w[ae]lcyrie); valr the slain + kj[=o]sa to choose. See
Valhalla, and Choose.] (Scand. Myth.)
One of the maidens of Odin, represented as awful and
beautiful, who presided over battle and marked out those who
were to be slain, and who also ministered at the feasts of
heroes in Valhalla. Now commonly written Valkyrie. [Written
also Valkyr, Valkyrie, Walkyrie and Walkyr.]
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Valkyrian
(gcide) | Valkyrian \Val*kyr"i*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Valkyries; hence, relating to battle.
"Ourself have often tried Valkyrian hymns." --Tennyson.
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Valkyrie
(gcide) | Valkyria \Val*kyr"i*a\, n. [Icel. valkyrja (akin to AS.
w[ae]lcyrie); valr the slain + kj[=o]sa to choose. See
Valhalla, and Choose.] (Scand. Myth.)
One of the maidens of Odin, represented as awful and
beautiful, who presided over battle and marked out those who
were to be slain, and who also ministered at the feasts of
heroes in Valhalla. Now commonly written Valkyrie. [Written
also Valkyr, Valkyrie, Walkyrie and Walkyr.]
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
valkyrie
(wn) | Valkyrie
n 1: (Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose
heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla |
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