List of valkyrie names
Valkyrie names

List of valkyrie names

Section Title: Valkyrie names
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Name	Name meaning	Referred to as a valkyrie in

Brynhildr	"Armor battle" or "bright battle"	Skáldskaparmál

Eir	"Peace, clemency" or "help, mercy"	Nafnaþulur

Geirahöð	Connected to the Old Norse words geirr ("spear") and höð ("battle").	Appears in some manuscripts of Grímnismál in place of the valkyrie name Geirölul

Geiravör	"Spear-vör"	Nafnaþulur

Geirdriful	"Spear-flinger"	Nafnaþulur

Geirönul, Geirrönul, Geirömul, Geirölul (various spellings)	Uncertain; possibly connected to the Odinic name Geirölnir and the dwarf name Ölnir. Possibly meaning "the one charging forth with the spear".	Grímnismál, Nafnaþulur

Geirskögul	"Spear-skögul" (see Skögul entry below)	Hákonarmál, Völuspá, Nafnaþulur

Göll	"Tumult" or "noise, battle"	Grímnismál, Nafnaþulur

Göndul	"Wand-wielder"	Völuspá, Nafnaþulur

Guðr or Gunnr	"War" or "battle"	Völuspá, Darraðarljóð, Gylfaginning, Nafnaþulur

Herfjötur	"Host-fetter" or "fetter of the army"	Grímnismál, Nafnaþulur

Herja	Related to the Old Norse herja and Old High German herjón (meaning "devastate")	Nafnaþulur

Hlaðguðr svanhvít	"Hlaðguðr swan-white"	Völundarkviða

Hildr	"Battle"	Völuspá, Grímnismál, Darraðarljóð, Nafnaþulur

Hjalmþrimul	Possibly "Helmet clatterer" or "female warrior"	Nafnaþulur

Hervör alvitr	Alvitr possibly means "all-wise" or "strange creature"	Völundarkviða

Hjörþrimul	"The sword warrioress," derived from Old Norse hjörr ("sword") and þrima ("battle, noise")	Darraðarljóð, Nafnaþulur

Hlökk	"Noise, battle"	Grímnismál, Nafnaþulur

Hrist	Related to Old Norse hrista (meaning "shake, quake") and therefore meaning "the quaking one"	Grímnismál, Nafnaþulur

Hrund	"Pricker"	Nafnaþulur

Kára	Either "the wild, stormy one" (based on Old Norse afkárr, meaning "wild") or "curl" or "the curly one"	Helgakviða Hundingsbana II

Mist	"Cloud" or "Mist"	Grímnismál, Nafnaþulur

Ölrún	Possibly "ale-rune"	Völundarkviða

Randgríðr, Randgrid	"Shield-truce" or possibly "shield-destroyer"	Grímnismál, Nafnaþulur

Ráðgríðr	"Council-truce" or possibly "the bossy"	Grímnismál, Nafnaþulur

Reginleif	"Power-trace" or "daughter of the gods"	Grímnismál, Nafnaþulur

Róta	Possibly connected to the Old Norse noun róta (meaning "sleet and storm")	Gylfaginning

Sanngriðr	"Very violent, very cruel"	Darraðarljóð

Sigrdrífa	"Victory-urger" or "inciter to victory"	Sigrdrífumál

Sigrún	"Victory rune"	Helgakviða Hundingsbana I, Helgakviða Hundingsbana II

Skalmöld	"Sword-time"	Nafnaþulur

Skeggöld or Skeggjöld	"Axe-age"	Grímnismál, Nafnaþulur

Skögul	"Shaker" or possibly "high-towering"	Hákonarmál, Völuspá, Grímnismál, Nafnaþulur

Skuld	Possibly "debt" or "future"	Völuspá, Gylfaginning, Nafnaþulur

Sveið	Unclear; possibly "vibration" or "noise"	Nafnaþulur

Svipul	"Changeable"	Darraðarljóð, Nafnaþulur

Þögn	"Silence"	Nafnaþulur

Þrima	"Fight"	Nafnaþulur

Þrúðr	"Strength" or "power"	Grímnismál, Nafnaþulur

Sentence(s)

The six Valkyries names are Hildr, Hjörþrimul, Sanngriðr, Svipul, Guðr, and Göndul.

final_sentence: The six Valkyries names are Hildr, Hjörþrimul, Sanngriðr, Svipul, Guðr, and Göndul.