wælceasega
Old English
editEtymology
editBy surface analysis, wæl (“slaughter, the slain”) + ċēosan (“to choose”), literally 'chooser of the slain.' Compare Old English wælcyrġe and Old Norse valkyrja, which are constructed similarly.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwælċēaseġa m
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wæl-ceásiga”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.