2 definitions found 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] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: Valkyrie n : (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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