Urd

See also: urð and Urð

English

Alternative forms

• Urth

Etymology

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

Noun

Urd (plural Urds)

1. One of the three Norns; the Norn of those who were.

Derived terms

• Well of Urd

Related terms

• weird

See also

• Verdandi
• Skuld

Anagrams

• DUR, Dur., RUD, Rud, dur, rud

German

Etymology

From Old Norse Urðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊrt/, [ʊɐ̯t]

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Proper noun

Urd f (proper noun, genitive Urds or (with an article) Urd)

1. (Norse mythology) Urd

Declension

Declension of Urd [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Urd
genitive	einer	der	Urds, Urd1
dative	einer	der	Urd
accusative	eine	die	Urd

¹With an article.

Holonyms

• Norne

Coordinate terms

• Werdandi
• Skuld

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• Homophone: urd

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

Urd f

1. Urd, one of the three Norns; the Norn of those who were.

Related terms

• Urdarbrunn(en)

Etymology 2

From Urd.

Proper noun

Urd f

1. A peak of the Misery Mountain, Bear Island, in the Svalbard archipelago, Norway

See also

• norne
• Skuld
• Verdande