Völva

Old Norwegian Dictionary - völva

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "völva" (or vǫlva) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

völva (vǫlva): völva, f. (G. völu) Spaakvinde. Vsp. 26;Fld. I, 5. 10. II, 50615; SE. I, 27617;Fris. 118 (Yngl. 17); Vegt. fl. Steder; Hund. 1, 37; Karlsefn. 3 (Aa. 10418);fjölkunnigar konur þær er vér köllumvölur skyldu seiða honum seið Didr. 304; fóru þá um landit völvur, er kall-aðar vóru spákonur ok spáðu mönn-um aldr Flat. I, 3584; sá er segir spársínar sem völur ok skrattar forðumHb. 3130; spákona sú er sagði fyrirørlög manna ok líf, kaldes völva Flat. II, 289 fg 14; Finna ein fjölkunnig erspáði hverjum eptir því sem gékk, kal- des völva Vatsd. 10 (1911. 15. 18); fjöl-kunnig seiðkona kaldes völva Völs. 94.9923 (c. 7 fg).

Part of speech: f

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, völva may be more accurately written as vǫlva.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᛚᚠᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

a.: accusativ.

c.: Capitel.

f.: Feminin.

G.: Genitiv.

lat.: latinsk.

n.: Neutrum.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

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