Urd
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse Urðr, from Proto-Germanic *wurdiz (“fate, destiny”), Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with English weird.
Noun
editUrd (plural Urds)
- One of the three Norns; the Norn of those who were.
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editGerman
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editProper noun
editUrd f (proper noun, genitive Urds or (with an article) Urd)
Declension
editDeclension of Urd [sg-only, feminine]
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editNorwegian Nynorsk
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editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse Urðr, from Proto-Germanic *wurdiz (“fate, destiny”), Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, wind”).
Proper noun
editUrd f
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editEtymology 2
editFrom Urd.
Proper noun
editUrd f
- A peak of the Misery Mountain, Bear Island, in the Svalbard archipelago, Norway
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- en:Norse mythology
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- nn:Norse mythology
- nn:Mountains
- nn:Places in Norway