Val·kyr·ie 
(văl-kîrē, -kīrē, vălkə-rē) also Wal·kyr·ie (wäl-kîrē, -kīrē, väl-, wälkə-rē, väl-)
(văl-kîrē, -kīrē, vălkə-rē) also Wal·kyr·ie (wäl-kîrē, -kīrē, väl-, wälkə-rē, väl-)n.
Norse Mythology
Norse Mythology
Any of Odin's handmaidens who conducted the souls of the slain to Valhalla.
[Old Norse Valkyrja; see welə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]