Old English · noun
wælcyrge
Normalised wælcyrġe
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈwæl.kyr.je/[ˈwæɫ.kyrˠ.je]
- Syllables
- ˈwæl · kyr · je (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- malevolentsorceress
Meaning
-
a malevolent female demon
glossing Eurynis, Allecto, Bellona, Gorgo (wælkyrian eagan =oculos gorgoneos)
-
a sorceress, a female witch
her syndan wiccan & wælcyrian. (Wulfstan, Sermo ad Anglos, ca. 1015)
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *walakuzjǭ, either by descent or through Old Norse valkyrja. Equivalent to wæl + cyre.
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