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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 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

"Not for thee did Volund old  Work its fair dimensions; The maiden wept, but the thief was bold;  Away, such false pretensions."

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

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

Volund, who is the same mysterious person as our Wayland Smith, is seen carrying off a swan-maiden.

From Vanishing England by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

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