völva

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See also: volva, vǫlva, and vølva

English

Engraving showing two völvas.

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Etymology

From Old Norse vǫlva (völva in modern Icelandic).

Pronunciation

Noun

völva (plural völvas)

  1. (historical) In Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy.
  2. (by extension) Any prophetess, sooth-sayer, or witch.

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vǫlva (“prophetess”).

Pronunciation

Noun

völva f (genitive singular völvu, nominative plural völvur)

  1. völva; prophetess
    Synonym: spákona

Declension

declension of völva
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative völva völvan völvur völvurnar
accusative völvu völvuna völvur völvurnar
dative völvu völvunni völvum völvunum
genitive völvu völvunnar völva völvanna

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Noun

völva f (plural völvas)

  1. völva (Old Norse prophetess)

Swedish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse vǫlva. Compare the more philologically accurate (but still not naturally inherited) vala.

Noun

völva c

  1. völva (a prophetess)

Declension

Declension of völva 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative völva völvan völvor völvorna
Genitive völvas völvans völvors völvornas

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