Middle English Dictionary Entry
wal-kirie n.
Entry Info
| Forms | wal-kirie n. |
| Etymology | OE wæl-cyrge, wæl-cyrie; cp. ME wal n.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A witch, sorceress.
Associated quotations
- a1275 *Body & S.(4) (Trin-C B.14.39)131 : Ne wiche ne walkirie vit hire uiche craft Ne mit binimen þen det.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1577 : Þer comen mony Clerkes out of Caldye…As þe sage sathrapas þat sorsory couþe, Wychez and walkyries wonnen to þat sale.