Valkyrie
noun
any of the beautiful maidens attendant upon Odin who bring the souls of slain warriors chosen by Odin or Tyr to Valhalla and there wait upon them.
Valkyrian
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a word derived from
Valkyrie.
Example Sentences
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The Valkyrian skyline bristled with peaks that I’d been reading about since I was a child.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
When she saw him she held him fiercely in her arms, her big frame aching with a Valkyrian ardor to lift the brave warrior on a winged horse and carry him away from the earth.
From We Can't Have Everything by Rupert Hughes
But I'll bear thee thither with me like a Valkyrian.
From Eyes Like the Sea by Mór Jókai
