Volund
noun
Volund
American
[voh-loond]
/ ˈvoʊ lʊnd /
noun
Scandinavian Mythology.
Völund
British
/ ˈvølʊnd /
noun
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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
The second prize in Framness was the wonderful arm-ring forged by Volund, the lame blacksmith.
From Northland Heroes by Florence Holbrook
Laughing Volund rose in air: Bodvild weeping from the isle departed.
From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson
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
It was told to Nidud, the Niarars' lord, that Volund alone remained in Ulfdal.
From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson
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 L. Winifred Faraday
The scene of the story is always near that river: Sigurd was slain by the Rhine, and the treasure of the Rhine is quoted as proverbial in the Völund lay.
From The Edda, Volume 2 The Heroic Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 13 by L. Winifred Faraday
Home of elves in, 11, 246; Frey, ruler of, 117; Frey’s return to, 119; Skirnir’s return to, 121; Völund goes to dwell in, 178 Ali.
From Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber
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 L. Winifred Faraday
Heir of Sogn, 249; replaced on throne, 250; conquers Orkney Islands, 250; helps Thorsten secure Völund ring, 251; sons of, 251; last instructions of, 252; kings seated on tomb of, 254.
From Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber
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