Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryIn Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy. · Any prophetess, sooth-sayer, or witch.
From Old Norse vǫlva (völva in modern Icelandic).
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- Borrowed-form mentionvǫlvanon
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