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• VALKYRIES (Old Norse valkyriur, "choosers of the slain ")

VALKYRIES (Old Norse valkyriur, "choosers of the slain ")  , figures of See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, generally represented as divine (less frequently human) maidens who ride through the See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air on See also:

• ODIN, or OTHIN (O. Norse 66inn)

Odin's service . Clad in full See also:

• ARMOUR, PHILIP DANFORTH (1832-1901)

armour they are sent forth ' The See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form valectus led to the spelling valeet in transcribing from Latin documents . to determine the course of battles and to select brave warriors for See also:

• VALHALLA (Old Norse Valhdll, i.e. " hall of the slain ")

Valhalla (q.v.) . Beings with the same name (waelcyrgean) were known also in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, where we find them associated with witches . The name is used in Anglo-Saxon glossaries to translate various Latin terms for " See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War-goddess " or " Fury " (See also:

• BELLONA (originally DUELLONA)

Bellona, Erinys, (Sec.) . See See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

TEUTONIC PEOPLES, ad fin . (H . M .