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Valkyrie
Val·kyr·ie [ val kree, válkəree ] (plural Val·kyr·ies) or Wal·kyr·ie (plural Wal·kyr·ies) or Val·kyr [ válkər ] (plural Val·kyrs)


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handmaid escorting dead to Valhalla: in Norse mythology, one of the twelve handmaids of Odin who ride their horses over the field of battle and escort the souls of slain heroes to Valhalla
[Mid-18th century. < Old Norse Valkyrja "chooser of the slain" < valr "those slain in battle"]

Val·kyr·i·an [ val kree ən ] adjective
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