valkyrie

Noun

Val=kyr=ie

WORDNET DICTIONARY

valkyrie(n = noun.person) Array - (Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla; Array

has particulars: brunhild, brunnhilde, brynhild

valkyrie, n. (in Norse mythology) each of Odin's twelve handmaidens who selected heroes destined to be slain in battle.

Etymology

ON Valkyrja, lit. 'chooser of the slain' f. valr the slain + (unrecorded) kur-, kuz- rel. to CHOOSE