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8 letters · 18 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun (Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla
originBorrowed from Old Norse valkyrja sg (“chooser of the slain”), plural valkyrjur pl, from Proto-Germanic *walakuzjǭ. Cognate to Old English wælcyrġe. First attested in English as a proper noun (Valkyries) in the 1770s; attested as a common noun (valkyries) since the 1880s.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- valkyr 16
- raylike 14
- virelay 13
- lekvar 13
- livery 12
- livyer 12
- verily 12
- kayle 12
- kevil 12
- kiley 12
- kylie 12
- kyrie 12