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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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"I wish," said Volund, "that on my feet I were, of the use of which Nidud's men have deprived me."

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

This circlet was a family heirloom, for Frithiof's mother was a descendant of Volund, its maker.

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

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.

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)