Völuspá
English
Etymology
From Old Norse Vǫluspá, from völu-, vǫlv-, genitive of vǫlva (“truth-sayer, staff-carrier, prophetess”) (cognate with the Gothic walus (walus), Old English wala, walu, Old Frisian walu), from vǫlr (“rounded staff”), from Proto-Germanic *waluz (“staff, stick”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn”).
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Norse Vǫluspá.
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