Get to know Volva better with 2 real example sentences, the meaning.
Volva in a sentence
Volva meaning
- In Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy.
- Any prophetess, sooth-sayer, or witch.
Synonyms of Volva
Using Volva
- The main meaning on this page is: In Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy. | Any prophetess, sooth-sayer, or witch.
- Useful related words include: plant part, plant structure.
Context around Volva
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Volva
- In this selection, "volva" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include either a volva or volval and including a volva that is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "volva" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with volva
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Many mushrooms lack a universal veil, therefore they do not have either a volva or volval patches. (17 words)
Amanita section Amanita includes the species which have very patchy universal veil remnants, including a volva that is reduced to a series of concentric rings and the veil remnants on the cap to a series of patches or warts. (39 words)
Amanita section Amanita includes the species which have very patchy universal veil remnants, including a volva that is reduced to a series of concentric rings and the veil remnants on the cap to a series of patches or warts. (39 words)
Many mushrooms lack a universal veil, therefore they do not have either a volva or volval patches. (17 words)
Example sentences (2)
Amanita section Amanita includes the species which have very patchy universal veil remnants, including a volva that is reduced to a series of concentric rings and the veil remnants on the cap to a series of patches or warts.
Many mushrooms lack a universal veil, therefore they do not have either a volva or volval patches.