Valkyrie Names
| 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"). | GrímnismálAppears 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". The form Geirölul may be connected to the runic charm word alu. | 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 |
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