Skuld
See also: skuld
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse Skuld, from Proto-Indo-European *skel- (“to be obligated”). See English should.
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Proper noun edit
Skuld
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German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Skuld f (proper noun, genitive Skulds or (with an article) Skuld)
Declension edit
Declension of Skuld [sg-only, feminine]
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse Skuld, from skuld, whence also skuld.
Proper noun edit
Skuld f
Related terms edit
- skuld (“debt, blame”)
Etymology 2 edit
From Skuld. (see above)
Proper noun edit
Skuld f
- A peak of the Misery Mountain, Bear Island, in the Svalbard archipelago, Norway
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Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
See skuld. The name literally means “debt”, or “obligation”; thus, what is bound to happen, the future.
Proper noun edit
Skuld f
- (Norse mythology) one of the three Norns
- Vǫluspá, verse 20, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 4:
- Þaðan koma meyjar / margs vitandi
þrjár, ór þeim sal / er und þolli stendr;
Urð hétu eina, / aðra Verðandi,
skáru á skíði, / Skuld ina þriðju;
þær lög lögðu, / þær líf kuru
alda börnum, / örlög seggja.- Thence come maidens / much knowing
three from the hall / which under that tree stands;
Urd hight the one, / the second Verdandi,
on a tablet they graved, / Skuld the third;
Laws they established, / life allotted
to the sons of men, / destinies pronounced.
- Thence come maidens / much knowing
- Vǫluspá, verse 20, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 4:
Declension edit
Declension of Skuld (strong i-stem, indefinite singular only)
feminine | singular |
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indefinite | |
nominative | Skuld |
accusative | Skuld |
dative | Skuld |
genitive | Skuldar |
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Further reading edit
- Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend.