"völva" meaning in English

See völva in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Norse translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 57 43 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, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: volva

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "vǫlva"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse vǫlva",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse vǫlva (völva in modern Icelandic).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "völvas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "völva (plural völvas)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Basque translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Faroese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Galician translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Icelandic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Marathi translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "96 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Old Norse translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy."
      ],
      "id": "en-völva-en-noun-s3wpEoZo",
      "links": [
        [
          "Old Norse",
          "Old Norse"
        ],
        [
          "practitioner",
          "practitioner"
        ],
        [
          "divination",
          "divination"
        ],
        [
          "prophecy",
          "prophecy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) In Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
          "word": "völva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vjolva",
          "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "вьолва"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "velva",
          "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "велва"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "vølve"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "völva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "volva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vølva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "völva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "völva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Völva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "völva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "völva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "vholavhā",
          "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "व्होलव्हा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "volve"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "volve"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "non",
          "lang": "Old Norse",
          "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vǫlva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "völva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vjólʹva",
          "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
          "word": "вёльва"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "völva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "völva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "vala"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Danish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Galician translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any prophetess, sooth-sayer, or witch."
      ],
      "id": "en-völva-en-noun-H6Hi2G2s",
      "links": [
        [
          "prophetess",
          "prophetess"
        ],
        [
          "sooth-sayer",
          "soothsayer"
        ],
        [
          "witch",
          "witch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) Any prophetess, sooth-sayer, or witch."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɜːlvə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɒlvə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvəʊlvə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɑlvə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvoʊlvə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑlvə"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "volva"
    }
  ],
  "word": "völva"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Old Norse",
    "English terms derived from Old Norse",
    "English terms spelled with Ö",
    "English terms spelled with ◌̈",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑlvə",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑlvə/2 syllables",
    "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"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "vǫlva"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse vǫlva",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse vǫlva (völva in modern Icelandic).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "völvas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "völva (plural völvas)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Old Norse",
          "Old Norse"
        ],
        [
          "practitioner",
          "practitioner"
        ],
        [
          "divination",
          "divination"
        ],
        [
          "prophecy",
          "prophecy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) In Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any prophetess, sooth-sayer, or witch."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prophetess",
          "prophetess"
        ],
        [
          "sooth-sayer",
          "soothsayer"
        ],
        [
          "witch",
          "witch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) Any prophetess, sooth-sayer, or witch."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɜːlvə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɒlvə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvəʊlvə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɑlvə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvoʊlvə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑlvə"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "volva"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "word": "völva"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vjolva",
      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вьолва"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "velva",
      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "велва"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vølve"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "völva"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "volva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "vholavhā",
      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "व्होलव्हा"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "volve"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "volve"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vǫlva"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "völva"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vjólʹva",
      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "word": "вёльва"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "völva"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "völva"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vala"
    }
  ],
  "word": "völva"
}

Download raw JSONL data for völva meaning in English (5.9kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-09-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-09-20 using wiktextract (af5c55c and 66545a6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.