Völuspá

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Völuspá

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

Translations[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse Vǫluspá.

Proper noun[edit]

Völuspá f

  1. the Völuspá

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse Vǫluspá.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Völuspá f (proper noun, genitive Völuspá)

  1. the Völuspá

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse Vǫluspá.

Proper noun[edit]

Völuspá

  1. the Völuspá

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse Vǫluspá.

Proper noun[edit]

Völuspá f

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