shieldmayn.
/ˈʃiːldmeɪ/ Teutonic Mythology.
A maiden warrior, an Amazon. (By some English writers used as equivalent to Valkyrie n.)
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > fabulous or mythical human > Valkyrie
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1849 J. M. Kemble Saxons in Eng. I. i. xii. 393 The Wælcyrian or Shieldmays were the choosers of the slain.
1870 Morris Story of Volsungs xxiv Brynhild answered, ‘..I am a shield-may, and wear helm on head even as the kings of war’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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