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Walkyrie

[ wahl-keer-ee, -kahy-ree, vahl-, wahl-keer-ee, vahl- ]

noun



Walkyrie

/ vælˈkɪərɪ; ˈvælkɪərɪ /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Valkyrie
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Florence Foster Jenkins may feature Streep being lowered bleating from the ceiling dressed as “a very naughty Walkyrie”, and a career-best performance from Hugh Grant as her husband, St Clair Bayfield, an ex-thesp who promotes her questionable success.

Many gallant suitors came, entered the contest, failed and lost their heads, for Brunhilda was a Walkyrie, and more than a match in strength for any man.

Wotan sends Brünnhilde, his favorite Walkyrie, to turn the fight for Hunding.

Vogl played Loge, in the "Rheingold," and Siegmund, in "Walkyrie," when they were produced in 1869 and 1870, and his greatest triumphs have been gained in Wagner's operas.

Even so at the present day is it seen, that if Dürer had studied classic art, and imbibed its principles, he might have added a rare beauty to the weird ugliness and solemnity of his designs, and substituted the sweet Graces for the grim Walkyrie.

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