| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Valkyrie |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Val·kyr·ie |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  v l-kîr  , -k r, vlk -r |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also Wal·kyr·ie ( wäl-kîr, -kr, väl-, wälk-r, väl-) |
| NOUN: | Mythology Any of Odin's handmaidens who conducted the souls of the slain to Valhalla. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Old Norse Valkyrja. See wel- in Appendix I.
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