wælcyrge
Old English
editAlternative forms
edit- uualcyrġe, wælcyrġe, wælcyriġe, walcrigge, walcyrġe — Early Old English
- wælcerie, wælcyrie, wælkyrie
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *walakuzjǭ, either by descent or through Old Norse valkyrja.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwælcyrġe f
- a malevolent female demon
- a sorceress, a female witch
- her syndan wiccan & wælcyrian. (Wulfstan, Sermo ad Anglos, ca. 1015)
Declension
editDeclension of wælcyrge (weak)
Descendants
editCategories:
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *welh₃-
- Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵews-
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English nouns
- Old English feminine nouns
- Old English feminine n-stem nouns