Volund
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Volund
American
[voh-loond]
/ ˈvoʊ lʊnd /
noun
Scandinavian Mythology.
Völund
British
/ ˈvølʊnd /
noun
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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 Clark, John D.
Laughing Volund rose in air, but Nidud sad remained sitting.
From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson
King Nidud gave to his daughter Bodvild the ring which had been taken from the bast in Volund's house; but he himself bore the sword that had belonged to Volund.
From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson
This circlet was a family heirloom, for Frithiof's mother was a descendant of Volund, its maker.
From Northland Heroes by Holbrook, Florence
"Not for thee did Volund old Work its fair dimensions; The maiden wept, but the thief was bold; Away, such false pretensions."
From Fridthjof's Saga; a Norse romance by Holcomb, Martha A. Lyon
Then Völund planned vengeance: ”'I see on Nithud's girdle the sword which I knew keenest and best, and which I forged with all my skill.
From The Edda, Volume 2 The Heroic Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 13 by Faraday, L. Winifred
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 Faraday, L. Winifred
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
A famous pirate, steals ring forged by Völund, 304 Spartan King.
From Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
His last act of vengeance accomplished, Völund immediately donned the wings which he had made in readiness for this day, and grasping his sword and ring he rose slowly in the air.
From Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
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