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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *Wēlanduz, *Wēlandaz, from *Wilą-ndz (literally “crafting one”).[1] Cognate with Old English Weland, Welund, Old High German Wiolant, Old Frisian ᚹᛖᛚᚩᛞᚢ (weladu /Welandu/) and others.
Proper noun
Vǫlundr m (genitive Vǫlundar)
- (Norse mythology) Wayland, a smith of Germanic legend
Declension
Declension of Vǫlundr (strong u-stem, indefinite singular only)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Gillespie, George T. A Catalogue of Persons Named in Germanic Heroic Literature