Walkyrie
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Wotan sends Brünnhilde, his favorite Walkyrie, to turn the fight for Hunding.
From Time Magazine Archive
Siegmund has just pressed a tender kiss upon Sieglinde's fair forehead, when Brunhilde, the Walkyrie, suddenly appears before him, and solemnly warns him of his coming defeat and death.
From Stories of the Wagner Opera by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber
"I will serve at the banquet," says the Walkyrie, "but only him who, in the trial of deadly combat, has shown himself a hero."
From Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman. by Margaret Fuller
Many gallant suitors came, entered the contest, failed and lost their heads, for Brunhilda was a Walkyrie, and more than a match in strength for any man.
From Stories of the Nibelungen for Young People by Various
Then the god mounts his steed, and rides off on the wings of the storm in pursuit of the disobedient Walkyrie, whom he is obliged to punish severely for his oath's sake.
From Stories of the Wagner Opera by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber
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