n. (in Norse mythology) each of Odin's twelve handmaidens who selected heroes destined to be slain in battle.
[ ON Valkyrja, lit. 'chooser of the slain' f. valr the slain + (unrecorded) kur-, kuz- rel. to CHOOSE ]
n. (in Norse mythology) each of Odin's twelve handmaidens who selected heroes destined to be slain in battle.
[ ON Valkyrja, lit. 'chooser of the slain' f. valr the slain + (unrecorded) kur-, kuz- rel. to CHOOSE ]
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