Vala

[ vah-luh ]

noun

, Scandinavian Mythology.

1. a prophetess.

Example Sentences

Then the Vala knew the fatal bonds were twisting, most rigid, bonds from entrails made.

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Thou art no Vala, nor wise woman, rather art thou the mother of three Thursar.

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Then rode Ygg to the eastern gate, where he knew there was a Vala's grave.

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But, it is said, thou wentest with tottering steps in Samso, and knocked at houses as a Vala.

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When she comes to a house they call her Heide (the bright, the welcome), and regard her as a propitious vala or prophetess.

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