Associations to the word «Volva»

Wiktionary

VÖLVA, noun. In Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy
VÖLVA, noun. (by extension) any prophetess, sooth-sayer, or witch
VOLVA, noun. A cup-shaped mass at the base of various fungi.
VOLVA, noun. Alternative form of völva

Dictionary definition

VOLVA, noun. Cuplike structure around the base of the stalk of certain fungi.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope