different between valkyrie vs valkyrielike

English

Alternative forms

• Valkyria
• Valkyrie
• Walkyrie

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse valkyrja sg (“chooser of the slain”), plural valkyrjur pl, from Proto-Germanic *walakuzj?. Cognate to Old English wælcyrge. First attested in English as a proper noun (Valkyries) in the 1770s; attested as a common noun (valkyries) since the 1880s.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?væl?k?.?i/

Noun

valkyrie (plural valkyries)

1. (Norse mythology) Any of the female attendants of Odin, figures said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla.

Translations

See also

Further reading

• valkyrie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse valkyrja, from Proto-Germanic *walakuzj?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /valky?ri?/, [val?k?y???i?]

Noun

valkyrie c (singular definite valkyrien, plural indefinite valkyrier)

1. valkyrie
2. fury, virago (a large, strong, courageous or aggressive woman)

Inflection

Further reading

• valkyrie on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

English

Etymology

valkyrie +? -like

Adjective

valkyrielike (comparative more valkyrielike, superlative most valkyrielike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a valkyrie.