Volund
noun
Volund
American
[voh-loond]
/ ˈvoʊ lʊnd /
noun
Scandinavian Mythology.
Völund
British
/ ˈvølʊnd /
noun
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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
For memory wear this arm-ring, the work of Volund, graven with heaven's wonders.
From Northland Heroes by Holbrook, Florence
There is also the Song of Volund, the Northern Smith, the German Vulcan, able to make swords of powerful temper.
From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by Clarke, James Freeman
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
"Tell me, Volund, Alfars' chief! of my brave boys what is become?"
From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson
"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 Piper, H. Beam
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 Faraday, L. Winifred
The common swanmaid motive occurs in two, the Völund story and the legend of Helgi and Kara; while the first Helgi tale suggests the Levirate in the proposed marriage of Svava to her husband's brother.
From The Edda, Volume 2 The Heroic Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 13 by Faraday, L. Winifred
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 keen-eyed archer Völund came in from hunting, from a far road....
From The Edda, Volume 2 The Heroic Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 13 by Faraday, L. Winifred
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