Volund
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Volund
American
[voh-loond]
/ ˈvoʊ lʊnd /
noun
Scandinavian Mythology.
Völund
British
/ ˈvølʊnd /
noun
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For memory wear this arm-ring, the work of Volund, graven with heaven's wonders.
From Northland Heroes by Florence Holbrook
Svanhvit was the second, she a swan's plumage bore; but the third, their sister, the white neck clasped of Volund.
From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson
All of them carried about as much ironmongery as the Prime Minister—the pistols were all Terran, and the swords and daggers were mostly made either on Terra or at the Terran-operated steel-works on Volund.
From Uller Uprising by John D. Clark
This circlet was a family heirloom, for Frithiof's mother was a descendant of Volund, its maker.
From Northland Heroes by Florence Holbrook
Egil then went on snow-shoes in search of Olrun, and Slagfid in search of Svanhvit, but Volund remained in Ulfdal.
From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson
Dr. Rydberg formulates a theory identifying Völund with Thiazi, the giant who carried off Idunn.
From The Edda, Volume 2 The Heroic Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 13 by L. Winifred Faraday
Next was an arm-ring of pure gold, made by the god Völund, and given by him to one of Thorsten Vikingsson's forefathers.
From Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) by Various
"They tell me there's a real Old-Terran-style Western been showing on Völund that ought to be coming our way this time," he said.
From Four-Day Planet by H. Beam Piper
The Anglo-Saxon gives Völund and Bödvild a son, Widia or Wudga, the Wittich who appears as a follower of Dietrich's in the Continental German sources.
From The Edda, Volume 2 The Heroic Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 13 by L. Winifred Faraday
Völund then went to Alf-heim, where, if the legend is to be believed, he found his beloved wife, and lived happily again with her until the twilight of the gods.
From Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber
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