völva

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvɜːlvə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvɒlvə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvəʊlvə/
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• General-American: /ˈvɑlvə/
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• General-American: /ˈvoʊlvə/
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• rhymes with -ɑlvə
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From Old Norse vǫlva (völva in modern Icelandic).

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Basque: völva — in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy
• Bulgarian: вьолва (vjolva) — in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy
• Bulgarian: велва (velva) — in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy
• Danish: vølve — in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy
• Dutch: völva — in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy
• Dutch: volva — in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy
• Estonian: võlur — in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy
• Estonian: nõid — in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy
• Faroese: vølva — in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy
• French: völva — in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy
• Galician: völva — in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy
• German: Völva — in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy
• Icelandic: völva — in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy
• Italian: völva — in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy
• Marathi: व्होलव्हा (vholavhā) — in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy
• Norwegian Bokmål: volve — in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy
• Norwegian Nynorsk: volve — in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy
• Old Norse: vǫlva — in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy
• Portuguese: völva — in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy
• Russian: вёльва (vjólʹva) — in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy
• Spanish: völva — in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy
• Swedish: völva — in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy
• Swedish: vala — in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy