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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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Then did Bodvild praise the ring: to Volund brought it, when she had broken it: "I dare to no tell it, save alone to thee."

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

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

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

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.

On the side of the mother Traced they their pedigree back to old Volund, ancestor mighty.

From Fridthjof's Saga; a Norse romance by Holcomb, Martha A. Lyon

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