völva

• volva

From Old Norse vǫlva (völva in modern Icelandic).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɜːlvə/, /ˈvɒlvə/, /ˈvəʊlvə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑlvə/, /ˈvoʊlvə/
• Rhymes: -ɑlvə

völva (plural völvas)

1. (historical) In Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy.
2. (by extension) Any prophetess, sooth-sayer, or witch.

• völva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Witchcraft in the Orkney Islands
• Folklore.ee

• Valvo

From Old Norse vǫlva (“prophetess”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvœlva/

  Rhymes: -œlva

völva f (genitive singular völvu, nominative plural völvur)

1. völva; prophetess

   Synonym: spákona

• tölva (“computer”)

• volva

völva f (plural völvas)

1. völva (Old Norse prophetess)

Learned borrowing from Old Norse vǫlva. Compare the more philologically accurate (but still not naturally inherited) vala.

völva c

1. völva (a prophetess)

• völva in Svensk ordbok.
• völva on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sv