Völuspá

English

Etymology

From Old Norse Vǫluspá, from völu-, vǫlv-, genitive of vǫlva (“truth-sayer, staff-carrier, prophetess”) (cognate with the Gothic walus (walus), Old English wala, walu, Old Frisian walu), from vǫlr (“rounded staff”), from Proto-Germanic *waluz (“staff, stick”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn”).

Proper noun

Völuspá

  1. The Prophecy of the Vǫlva; the first book of the Poetic Edda.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

From Old Norse Vǫluspá.

Proper noun

Völuspá ?

  1. the Völuspá

German

Etymology

From Old Norse Vǫluspá.

Proper noun

Völuspá f (genitive Völuspá)

  1. the Völuspá

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse Vǫluspá.

Proper noun

Völuspá

  1. the Völuspá

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Norse Vǫluspá.

Proper noun

Völuspá f

  1. (Norse literature) Völuspá (first book of the Poetic Edda)
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