See vǫlva in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"2": "völva",
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"2": "vølve",
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"ref": "Baldrs draumar, stanza 4",
"roman": "unz nauðig reis, / nás orð of kvað.",
"text": "Þá reið Óðinn / fyrir austan dyrr,\nþar er hann vissi / vǫlu leiði;\nnam hann vittugri / valgaldr kveða,",
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"ref": "13th century, Eiríks saga rauða, chapter 4",
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"feminine"
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"tags": [
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"West",
"obsolete"
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"ipa": "/ˈvɒl.va/",
"note": "12th century Icelandic"
}
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"lbor": "1"
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"args": {
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"2": "volve",
"3": "volva",
"lbor": "1"
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"depth": 1,
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"2": "volve",
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},
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "völva",
"lbor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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"1": "sv",
"2": "vala",
"nolb": "1"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
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"2": "vølve",
"lbor": "1"
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"lbor": "1"
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{
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{
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},
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{
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},
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{
"args": {
"1": "vǫlu",
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},
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{
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{
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{
"categories": [
"Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
"Old Norse feminine nouns",
"Old Norse lemmas",
"Old Norse nouns",
"Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old Norse terms with quotations",
"Old Norse wōn-stem nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Then rode Odin / before the eastern door:\nthere, he knew, was / the seeress’ grave;\nHe began (wise in witchcraft) / to sing a spell to wake the dead,\nuntil reluctantly she rose / and spoke a dead woman's words.",
"ref": "Baldrs draumar, stanza 4",
"roman": "unz nauðig reis, / nás orð of kvað.",
"text": "Þá reið Óðinn / fyrir austan dyrr,\nþar er hann vissi / vǫlu leiði;\nnam hann vittugri / valgaldr kveða,",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "13th century, Eiríks saga rauða, chapter 4",
"roman": "There was a woman there in the settlement named Thorbjorg; she was a prophetess, and was known as the little völva.",
"text": "Sú kona var þar í bygð er Þorbjǫrg hét; hon var spákona, ok var kǫlluð lítil vǫlva.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"völva; prophetess, seeress, witch"
],
"links": [
[
"völva",
"völva"
],
[
"prophetess",
"prophetess"
],
[
"seeress",
"seeress"
],
[
"witch",
"witch"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɒl.wa/",
"tags": [
"Norse",
"West",
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈvɒl.va/",
"note": "12th century Icelandic"
}
],
"word": "vǫlva"
}
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