Vél-spá

Old Norse Dictionary - vél-spá

Meaning of Old Norse word "vél-spá"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

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.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛚ-ᛋᛒᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

adj.
adjective.
f.
feminine.

Works & Authors cited:

Vsp.
Völuspá. (A. I.)
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