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Wayland

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Wayland, Wayland Smith [ˈweɪlənd]
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(Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) a smith, artificer, and king of the elves in European folklore Scandinavian name Völund German name Wieland
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Noun1.Wayland - (European mythology) a supernatural smith and king of the elves; identified with Norse Volund
Wayland the Smith, Wieland
mythology - myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person
Europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles


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A very agricola laboriosus was I to travellers bound westward through Lincoln and Wayland to nobody knows where; they sitting at their ease in gigs, with elbows on knees, and reins loosely hanging in festoons; I the home-staying, laborious native of the soil.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
This is Wayland Smith's cave, a place of classic fame now; but as Sir Walter has touched it, I may as well let it alone, and refer you to "Kenilworth" for the legend.
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context
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