Völuspá

English

Etymology

From Old Norse Vǫluspá, from vǫlu, genitive of vǫlva (“truth-sayer, staff-carrier, prophetess”), from vǫlr (“rounded staff”) (cognate with the Gothic walus, Old English wala, walu, Old Frisian walu), 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 poem of the Poetic Edda.

Translations

first poem of the Poetic Edda

• Dutch: Völuspá
• Faroese: Vøluspá f
• German: Völuspá (de)
• Icelandic: Völuspá
• Portuguese: Völuspá
• Russian: Прорица́ние вёльвы n (Proricánije vjólʹvy)
• Swedish: Valans spådom
• Ukrainian: Пророкування вельви n (Prorokuvannja velʹvy), Пророцтво вельви n (Proroctvo velʹvy)

Dutch

Etymology

From Old Norse Vǫluspá.

Proper noun

Völuspá f

1. the Völuspá

German

Etymology

From Old Norse Vǫluspá.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Völuspá f (proper noun, 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)