valkyrie

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UK, US/ˈvælˌkɪ.ɹi/UK, US/ˈvælˌkɚ.i/UK, US/ˈvɑl-/

noun

Any of the female attendants of Odin, figures said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla.

“Wagner's “Der Ring des Nibelungen” (1853) famously features valkyries.”

OriginOld Norse valkyrja sg ← Proto-Germanic *walakuzjǭ →
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Meanings

valkyrie1

nounvalkyrie (plural valkyries)

plural valkyries · alternative Valkyria · alternative Valkyrie · alternative Walkyrie

  1. Norsehuman sciencesAny of the female attendants of Odin, figures said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla.

    Wagner's “Der Ring des Nibelungen” (1853) famously features valkyries.

Valkyrie2

nounValkyrie (plural Valkyries)

plural Valkyries

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of valkyrie.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
valkyr

Origin

valkyrie · noun

  1. Proto-Germanic*walakuzjǭ
  2. Old Norsevalkyrja sg“chooser of the slain”
  3. Englishvalkyrie

Borrowed from Old Norse valkyrja sg (“chooser of the slain”), plural valkyrjur pl, from Proto-Germanic *walakuzjǭ. Cognate to Old English wælcyrġe. First attested in English as a proper noun (Valkyries) in the 1770s; attested as a common noun (valkyries) since the 1880s.

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Valkyrie · noun

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

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Translations

Afrikaans walkure
  • walkureany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Arabic فَالْكِيرِي
  • فَالْكِيرِي (fālkīrī)any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Catalan valquíria
  • valquíriaany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Chinese Mandarin 女武神, 瓦尔基里
  • 女武神 (nǚ wǔ shén)any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
  • 瓦尔基里 (wá ér jī lǐ)any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Czech valkýra
  • valkýraany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Danish valkyrie
  • valkyrieany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Dutch walkure
  • walkureany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Esperanto valkirio
  • valkirioany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Estonian valküür
  • valküürany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Finnish valkyria
  • valkyriaany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
French valkyrie
  • valkyrieany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
German Walküre
  • Walküreany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Greek βαλκυρία
  • βαλκυρία (valkyría)any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Hebrew ולקיריה
  • ולקיריהany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Hungarian valkűr
  • valkűrany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Icelandic valkyrja
  • valkyrjaany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Italian valchiria, walkiria
  • valchiriaany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
  • walkiriaany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
  • walchiriaany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Japanese ワルキューレ, 戦乙女
  • ワルキューレ (warukyūre)any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
  • 戦乙女 (ikusaotome)any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
  • 戦女神 (ikusamegami)any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
  • ヴァルキュリヤ (varukyuriya)any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
  • ヴァルキューレ (varukyūre)any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
  • ヴァルキリー (varukirī)any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
  • 戦乙女 (sen'otome)any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
  • 女武神 (on'nabushin)any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
  • 女武神 (jobushin)any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Korean 발키리, 왈퀴리아
  • 발키리 (balkiri)any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
  • 왈퀴리아 (walkwiria)any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Latvian valkīras
  • valkīrasany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Lithuanian valkirijos
  • valkirijosany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Norwegian Bokmål valkyrje
  • valkyrjeany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Persian والکیری
  • والکیری (vâlkiri)any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Polish walkiria
  • walkiriaany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Portuguese valquíria
  • valquíriaany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Romanian walkirie
  • walkirieany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Russian вальки́рия
  • вальки́рия (valʹkírija)any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Slovak valkýra
  • valkýraany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Spanish valquiria, valkiria
  • valquiriaany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
  • valkiriaany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Swedish valkyria
  • valkyriaany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Tagalog balkirya
  • balkiryaany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Tamil வால்கெய்ரி
  • வால்கெய்ரி (vālkeyri)any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Thai วาลคิรี
  • วาลคิรีany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Turkish valkür
  • valkürany of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Ukrainian валькирія
  • валькирія (valʹkyrija)any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
Cite this entry
APA

valkyrie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/valkyrie

MLA

“valkyrie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/valkyrie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “valkyrie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/valkyrie.

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