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

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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.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

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.
  • Urdarbrunn(en)

Etymology 2

From Urd.

Proper noun

Urd f

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

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