Völuspá
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editVöluspá
- The Prophecy of the Vǫlva; the first poem of the Poetic Edda.
Translations
editfirst poem of the Poetic Edda
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Dutch
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editVöluspá f
- the Völuspá
German
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Proper noun
editVöluspá f (proper noun, genitive Völuspá)
- the Völuspá
Icelandic
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editVöluspá
- the Völuspá
Portuguese
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editVöluspá f
- (Norse literature) Völuspá (first book of the Poetic Edda)
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