As nouns the difference between volvae and volva
is that volvae is plural of lang=en while völva is in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy.
volva
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) volva.
Noun
(en-noun)
a cup-shaped mass at the base of various fungi
Etymology 2
References
* teknowledge.com
* palomar.edt
* American Heritage Dictionary
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