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VOLUND

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Overview

VOLUND (noun)
  The noun VOLUND has 1 sense:

1. (Norse mythology) a wonderful smith; identified with Anglo-Saxon Wayland and Teutonic Wielandplay

  Familiarity information: VOLUND used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


VOLUND (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(Norse mythology) a wonderful smith; identified with Anglo-Saxon Wayland and Teutonic Wieland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

mythical being (an imaginary being of myth or fable)

Domain category:

Norse mythology (the mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity)


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