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Volund

American  
[voh-loond] / ˈvoʊ lʊnd /

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.
  1. Wayland.


Völund British  
/ ˈvølʊnd /

noun

  1. the Scandinavian name of Wayland

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There were three brothers, sons of a king of the Finns, one was called Slagfid, the second Egil, the third Volund.

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

"I wish," said Volund, "that on my feet I were, of the use of which Nidud's men have deprived me."

From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson

For memory wear this arm-ring, the work of Volund, graven with heaven's wonders.

From Northland Heroes by Holbrook, Florence

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.