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Valkyrie

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Valkyrie /valˈkɪəri, ˈvalkɪri/

▶noun Scandinavian Mythology each of Odin's twelve handmaids who conducted slain warriors of their choice to Valhalla.

– origin from ON Valkyrja, lit. ‘chooser of the slain’, from valr ‘the slain’ + kyrja ‘chooser’.

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