Veleda

Latin

Etymology

Possibly a borrowing from Gaulish *u̯eletā ('seeress'; cf. Gaul. u̯elets, Old Irish filed, Middle Welsh gwelet, Middle Breton guelet), with regular Germanic sound shift -t- > -d-.

Proper noun

Veleda f sg (genitive Veledae); first declension

  1. A seeress honored among Germanic tribes in the first century AD, according to Roman sources.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Veleda
genitive Veledae
dative Veledae
accusative Veledam
ablative Veledā
vocative Veleda
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