Völu-spá

Meaning of Old Norse word "völu-spá" (or vǫlu-spá)

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

völu-spá (vǫlu-spá)

f. the song of the V., the name of an old lay, Edda; Völuspá in skamma = Hyndlu-ljóð, Edda i. 44.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, völu-spá may be more accurately written as vǫlu-spá.

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