Valkyria

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]