English Explanatory Dictionary

Urd

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the three Norns; the Norn of those who were.
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of urad.

Word forms

Urd Urds Urth

Etymology

From Old Norse Urðr, from Proto-Germanic *wurdiz (“fate, destiny”), Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with English weird.

Related words

weird Verdandi Skuld

Derived words

Well of Urd
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