wælcyrge
Old English
Alternative forms
- Early Old English: uualcyrge, wælcyrge, wælcyrige, walcrigge, walcyrge,
- Old English: wælcerie, wælcyrie, wælkyrie,
- ƿælcyrġe
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *walakuzjǭ, either by descent or through Old Norse valkyrja.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwælkyrje/
Noun
wælcyrġe f
- a malevolent female demon
- glossing Eurynis, Allecto, Bellona, Gorgo (wælkyrian eagan = oculos gorgoneos)
- a sorceress, a female witch
- her syndan wiccan & wælcyrian. (Wulfstan, Sermo ad Anglos, ca. 1015)
Descendants
- Middle English: walkirie, walkyrie