"völva" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈvɜːlvə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈvɒlvə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈvəʊlvə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈvɑlvə/ [General-American], /ˈvoʊlvə/ [General-American] Forms: völvas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑlvə Etymology: From Old Norse vǫlva (völva in modern Icelandic). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|non|vǫlva}} Old Norse vǫlva Head templates: {{en-noun}} völva (plural völvas)
  1. (historical) In Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy. Tags: historical Translations (in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy): völva (Basque), вьолва (vjolva) [feminine] (Bulgarian), велва (velva) [feminine] (Bulgarian), vølve [common-gender] (Danish), völva [feminine] (Dutch), volva [feminine] (Dutch), vølva [feminine] (Faroese), völva [feminine] (French), völva [feminine] (Galician), Völva [feminine] (German), völva [feminine] (Icelandic), völva [feminine] (Italian), व्होलव्हा (vholavhā) [feminine] (Marathi), volve [feminine] (Norwegian Bokmål), volve [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), vǫlva [feminine] (Old Norse), völva [feminine] (Portuguese), вёльва (vjólʹva) (Russian), völva [feminine] (Spanish), völva [common-gender] (Swedish), vala [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-völva-en-noun-s3wpEoZo Categories (other): Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Old Norse translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Norse translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy': 100 0
  2. (by extension) Any prophetess, sooth-sayer, or witch. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-völva-en-noun-H6Hi2G2s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: volva

Noun [Icelandic]

IPA: /ˈvœlva/
Rhymes: -œlva Etymology: From Old Norse vǫlva (“prophetess”). Etymology templates: {{der|is|non|vǫlva||prophetess}} Old Norse vǫlva (“prophetess”) Head templates: {{is-noun|@@}} völva f (genitive singular völvu, nominative plural völvur) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|f}} Forms: völvu [genitive, singular], völvur [nominative, plural], feminine [table-tags], völva [indefinite, nominative, singular], völvan [definite, nominative, singular], völvur [indefinite, nominative, plural], völvurnar [definite, nominative, plural], völvu [accusative, indefinite, singular], völvuna [accusative, definite, singular], völvur [accusative, indefinite, plural], völvurnar [accusative, definite, plural], völvu [dative, indefinite, singular], völvunni [dative, definite, singular], völvum [dative, indefinite, plural], völvunum [dative, definite, plural], völvu [genitive, indefinite, singular], völvunnar [definite, genitive, singular], völva [genitive, indefinite, plural], völvanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. völva; prophetess Tags: feminine Synonyms: spákona Derived forms: tölva [computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences]
    Sense id: en-völva-is-noun-kaEGUqnd Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Portuguese]

Forms: völvas [plural]
Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} völva f (plural völvas)
  1. völva (Old Norse prophetess) Tags: feminine Synonyms: volva
    Sense id: en-völva-pt-noun-wcRf~rIC Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Swedish]

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old Norse vǫlva. Compare the more philologically accurate (but still not naturally inherited) vala. Etymology templates: {{lbor|sv|non|vǫlva}} Learned borrowing from Old Norse vǫlva Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} völva c, {{sv-noun|c}} völva c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-or}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], völva [indefinite, nominative, singular], völvas [genitive, indefinite, singular], völvan [definite, nominative, singular], völvans [definite, genitive, singular], völvor [indefinite, nominative, plural], völvors [genitive, indefinite, plural], völvorna [definite, nominative, plural], völvornas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. völva (a prophetess) Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-völva-sv-noun-GnxsfUgG Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "völvanna",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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            "computing",
            "engineering",
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        [
          "völva",
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}

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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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          "source": "w"
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
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        {
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      ]
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}

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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "völvornas",
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        "plural"
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        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
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      "name": "head"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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}
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    "English terms spelled with ◌̈",
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    "Terms with Basque translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Faroese translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Marathi translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Old Norse translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations"
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ˈvɒlvə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvəʊlvə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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      ]
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        "General-American"
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    }
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      "code": "eu",
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      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "word": "völva"
    },
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      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вьолва"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
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      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "völva"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "volva"
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      "code": "fo",
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      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vølva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "völva"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "völva"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Völva"
    },
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      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "völva"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "völva"
    },
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      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "व्होलव्हा"
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      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "volve"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "völva"
    },
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      "word": "вёльва"
    },
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      ],
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        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "völva"
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      "code": "sv",
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        "common-gender"
      ],
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    }
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}

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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
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      ],
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          "name": "desc"
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        "singular"
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      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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    {
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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    {
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        "singular"
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    {
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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "völvanna",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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}

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        "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Portuguese lemmas",
        "Portuguese nouns",
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      ],
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      ],
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          "völva#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "volva"
    }
  ],
  "word": "völva"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "vǫlva"
      },
      "expansion": "Learned borrowing from Old Norse vǫlva",
      "name": "lbor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Learned borrowing from Old Norse vǫlva. Compare the more philologically accurate (but still not naturally inherited) vala.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-or",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "völva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "völvas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "völvan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "völvans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "völvor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "völvors",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "völvorna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "völvornas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "völva c",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "völva c",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sv-infl-noun-c-or"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swedish common-gender nouns",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish learned borrowings from Old Norse",
        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish nouns",
        "Swedish terms borrowed from Old Norse",
        "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "völva (a prophetess)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "völva",
          "völva#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "völva"
}

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