Old English

Alternative forms

• Early Old English: uualcyrge, wælcyrge, wælcyrige, walcrigge, walcyrge,
• Old English: wælcerie, wælcyrie, wælkyrie,

Noun

wælcyrġe f

1. a malevolent female demon
   • glossing Eurynis, Allecto, Bellona, Gorgo (wælkyrian eagan = oculos gorgoneos)
2. a sorceress, a female witch
   • her syndan wiccan & wælcyrian. (Wulfstan, Sermo ad Anglos, ca. 1015)

Descendants

• Middle English: walkirie, walkyrie