Etymology

völva

Today it means: In Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy. Full definition →

Old Norse vǫlva
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  1. Old Norse · borrowed fromvǫlva
  2. English todayvölva

From Old Norse vǫlva (völva in modern Icelandic).

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