valkyrja

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse valkyrja, from Proto-Germanic *walakuzjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- + *ǵews-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaɬ.ˌtʃɪɹ.ja/, /ˈval.ˌtʃʰɪr.ja/

Noun

valkyrja f (genitive singular valkyrju, plural valkyrjur)

1. Valkyrie

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	valkyrja	valkyrjan	valkyrjur	valkyrjurnar
accusative	valkyrju	valkyrjuna	valkyrjur	valkyrjurnar
dative	valkyrju	valkyrjuni	valkyrjum	valkyrjunum
genitive	valkyrju	valkyrjunnar	valkyrja	valkyrjanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse valkyrja, from Proto-Germanic *walakuzjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- + *ǵews-.

Noun

valkyrja f (genitive singular valkyrju, nominative plural valkyrjur)

1. Valkyrie

Declension

Declension of valkyrja (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	valkyrja	valkyrjan	valkyrjur	valkyrjurnar
accusative	valkyrju	valkyrjuna	valkyrjur	valkyrjurnar
dative	valkyrju	valkyrjunni	valkyrjum	valkyrjunum
genitive	valkyrju	valkyrjunnar	valkyrja	valkyrjanna

Norwegian Nynorsk

valkyrja
valkyrie

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse valkyrja, from Proto-Germanic *walakuzjǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²vaːl.çʏr.ja/, [²ʋɑːl.c͡çʏr.jɑ], [²ʋɑːl.çʏɾ.jɑ]

Noun

valkyrja f (definite singular valkyrja, indefinite plural valkyrjer or valkyrjor, definite plural valkyrjene or valkyrjone)

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of valkyrje (“valkyrie”)
2. definite singular of valkyrje

Declension

Historical inflection of valkyrja

		singular		plural
		indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
Aasen1		Valkyrja	Valkyrja	Valkyrjor	Valkyrjorna
1901		valkyrja (valkyrju)	valkyrja (valkyrjo)	valkyrjor (valkyrjur)	valkyrjorne (valkyrjune)
1917		valkyrja valkyrje	valkyrja	valkyrjor valkyrjer	valkyrjone valkyrjene
1938		valkyrje	valkyrja	valkyrjer [valkyrjor]	valkyrjene [valkyrjone]
2012 (current)		valkyrje	valkyrja	valkyrjer	valkyrjene

• Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
• Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier.
• Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen.
• ¹Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century.

References

“valkyrje” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *walakuzjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- + *ǵews-. Compare the younger compound valkjósandi.

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑlˌkyr.jɑ/

Noun

valkyrja f (genitive valkyrju, plural valkyrjur)

1. Valkyrie

Declension

Declension of valkyrja (weak jōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	valkyrja	valkyrjan	valkyrjur	valkyrjurnar
accusative	valkyrju	valkyrjuna	valkyrjur	valkyrjurnar
dative	valkyrju	valkyrjunni	valkyrjum	valkyrjunum
genitive	valkyrju	valkyrjunnar	valkyrja	valkyrjanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: valkyrja
• Faroese: valkyrja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: valkyrja, valkyrje, valkyrju
• Norwegian Bokmål: valkyrje
• → Swedish: valkyria (learned)
• → Danish: valkyrie (learned)
• → Catalan: valquíria
• → English: valkyrie
• → French: valkyrie
• → Low German: walköre
• → German: Walküre
  • → Dutch: Walkure
  • → Hungarian: valkűr
• → Russian: валькирия (valʹkirija)
• → Spanish: valquiria