Valkyrie

Definition: Valkyrie

Valkyrie

Noun

1. (Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla.

"Valkyrie" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a chooser of the slain".

Date "Valkyrie" was first used: 1768. (references)

Crosswords: Valkyrie

English words defined with "Valkyrie": Brunhild, Brunnhilde, Brynhild. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Valkyrie Magazine

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Valkyrie is a current UK role-playing magazine published by Partisan Press and edited by Jay Forester.

It is on its way to becoming a replacement for the much lamented White Dwarf amongst the UK role-playing community with numerous contributors from across the hobby, including Phil Masters and Marcus Rowland.

It has been resurrected as a quarterly and has currently been running continuously since issue 19.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Valkyrie Magazine."

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Modern Usage: Valkyrie

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Ride of the Valkyrie (1967)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Valkyrie

Domain	Title
Books	Dawn of the Valkyrie (reference) Falcon Feather & Valkyrie Sword: Feminine Shamanism, Witchcraft & Magick (Llewellyn's Women's Spirituality Series) (reference) Honda Gold Wing & Valkyrie (reference) North America XB-70A Valkyrie (Volume 34) (reference) The Golden Valkyrie & The Trustworthy Redhead (Loveswept Double Book) (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Gun Valkyrie [SOUNDTRACK] (reference) UFO Princess Valkyrie [IMPORT] (reference) Wagner: The Valkyrie (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Gun Valkyrie (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Valkyrie

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Usage Frequency: Valkyrie

"Valkyrie" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 71.43% of the time. "Valkyrie" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	71.43%	10	111,207
Noun (singular)	21.43%	3	202,518
Noun (common)	7.14%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	14	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Valkyrie

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
diana the valkyrie	803
valkyrie	592
honda valkyrie	364
valkyrie profile	338
rune valkyrie	76
valkyrie motorcycle	61
gun valkyrie	35
diane valkyrie	32
valkyrie interstate	28
valkyrie accessory	27
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Valkyrie

Language		Translations for "Valkyrie"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		валкирия. (various references)

Dutch		walküre (Walkyrie). (various references)

Esperanto		valkiro (Walkyrie). (various references)

German		walküre. (various references)

Italian		valchiria (valkyr). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		ヴァチカン市国 (bolt, valid, valve, vampire, variable, variation, variety, Vatican City State, velocity, vendor, Venus, videotape, viola, vision, vocal, vocalist, voicing, volt, volume, vorpal, wizard). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ヴァルキリー . (various references)

Pig Latin		alkyrievay.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Valkyrie

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Valkyrie": valkyries. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Valkyrie

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-i-k-l-r-v-y"
	-1 letter: raylike, virelay.
	-2 letters: aerily, lakier, lekvar, livery, livyer, valkyr, verily.
	-3 letters: aiver, alike, alive, ariel, early, ervil, kevil, kyrie, laker, larky, laver, layer, leaky, leary, leavy, liker, liver, livre, ravel, relay, riley, rival, riyal, vakil, vealy, velar, viler, viral.
	-4 letters: aery, airy, alky, aril, aryl, aver, earl, evil, eyra, ilea, ilka, kail, kale, keir, kier, kiva, kyar, lair, lake, laky, lari, lark, lave, leak, lear, leva, levy, liar, lier, like, lira, lire, live, lyre, rail, rake, raki, rale, rave, real, rely, rial, riel, rile, rive, ryke, vail, vair, vale, vary, veal, veil, vela, vera, very, vial, vier, vile, virl, yare, year, yelk, yerk.
	-5 letters: ail, air, ale, are, ark, ave, aye, ear, elk, era, ilk, ire, irk, ivy, kae, kay, kea, key, kir, lar, lav, lay, lea, lei, lek, lev, ley, lie, lye, ray, rei, rev, ria, rya, rye, var, via, vie, yak, yar, yea.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-i-k-l-r-v-y"
	+1 letter: valkyries.
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