Val
nafnorð, kvenkyn
Val-kyrja
u, f. the chooser of the slain (kjósa val), the Valkyriur were a troop of northern goddesses, for whom see Edda 22, Gm., Em.; for the Valkyriur as guardian angels and tutors of the heroes, like Athene in the Odyssey, see Hkv., Vkv., Sdm.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Em.
- Eiríks-mál. (A. III.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Vkv.
- Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Sdm.
- Sigrdrífu-mál. (A. II.)