- and poetry. The word
valkyrie derives from Old
Norse valkyrja (plural
valkyrjur),
which is
composed of two words: the noun valr (referring to the slain...
- Sá hon
valkyrjur vítt um komnar, görvar at ríða til Goðþjóðar.
Skuld helt skildi, en Skögul önnur, Gunnr, Hildr, Göndul ok Geirskögul. She saw valkyries...
-
called Skuld, ride ever to take the
slain and
decide fights." Ek man
nefna valkyrjur Viðris: Hrist, Mist, Herja, Hlǫkk, Geiravǫr, Gǫll, Hjǫrþrimul, Guðr, Herfjǫtur...
-
towards war. The word
valkyrie derives from Old
Norse valkyrja (plural
valkyrjur),
which is
composed of two words; the noun valr (referring to the slain...
-
several mentions of Old
English wælcyrian, a term
cognate to the Old
Norse valkyrjur—valkyries. Wulfstan's past is obscure,
though it is
possible that he began...
- is also one
inspiration for Þráinn Bertelsson's
satirical crime novel Valkyrjur (Reykjavík: JPV, 2005).
Melvin Burgess similarly drew
inspiration from...
- son Völsung.
There were also the
three swan-maidens, also
described as
valkyrjur, and
owned sets of "swan's garments" or "swan cloaks" (álptarhamir; sing...
- vakðak Einherja, baðk upp at rísa,
bekki at stráa, bjórker at leyðra,
valkyrjur vín bera, sem vísi kœmi." "What kind of
dream is this? I
thought myself...
- Sögur, 2007) and
appears in Þráinn Bertelsson's
satirical crime novel Valkyrjur as the
owner of the
supermarket chain Mínus,
himself called Magús Mínus...
-
Hundingsbana II when he
leaves the land of the
living on horseback, and the
valkyrjur riding on
horses when they
collect the dead. Furthermore, they are seen...
