Definitions
Definitions
1 vél-spá
adj. f. (thus, rather than vel-spá = well-spaeing), ‘guile-spaeing,’ Vsp. 25, where it is an epithet of a Sibyl (völva), referring to the ambiguous, deceptive character of her words, as of the witches in Macbeth.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
vél-spá
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "vél-spá" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).