Völuspá

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • The Prophecy of the Vǫlva; the first book of the Poetic Edda.

Origin

  • From Old Norse Vǫluspá, from völu-, vǫlv-, genitive of vǫlva (cognate with the Gothic walus, Old English wala, walu, Old Frisian walu), from vǫlr, from Proto-Germanic *waluz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wel-.

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