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Völuspá

Völuspá proper noun: the Prophecy of the Vǫlva; the first poem of the Poetic Edda.

Proper noun

Völuspá

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

Origin of Völuspá

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”).

Phrases with Völuspá

Questions about Völuspá

What does Völuspá mean?
Völuspá means the Prophecy of the Vǫlva; the first poem of the Poetic Edda.
What part of speech is Völuspá?
Völuspá is a proper noun.

Words near Völuspá in the dictionary

  1. Völkerwanderung
  2. Völkerwanderungen
  3. völkisch
  4. Völsung
  5. Völundarkviða
  6. Völuspá
  7. Völuspá in skamma
  8. völva
  9. völvas
  10. Vörå
  11. Vāc

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