"Urd" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Urds [plural]
Etymology: From Old Norse Urðr, from Proto-Germanic *wurdiz (“fate, destiny”), Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with English weird. Etymology templates: {{der|en|non|Urðr}} Old Norse Urðr, {{der|en|gem-pro|*wurdiz||fate, destiny}} Proto-Germanic *wurdiz (“fate, destiny”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*wert-||to turn, wind}} Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, wind”), {{cog|en|weird}} English weird Head templates: {{en-noun}} Urd (plural Urds)
  1. One of the three Norns; the Norn of those who were. Wikipedia link: Urd Categories (topical): Norse mythology Synonyms: Urth Derived forms: Well of Urd Related terms: weird, Verdandi, Skuld
    Sense id: en-Urd-en-noun-16zNOtFu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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