'Valkyrie' definitions:
Definition of 'Valkyrie'
From: WordNet
noun
(Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla
Definition of 'Valkyrie'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Valkyrie'
From: 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]