Urd

¹ American  

[oord] / ʊərd /

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.

1. Norn2

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urd ² American  

[oord, urd] / ʊərd, ɜrd /

noun

1. a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.

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urd British  

/ ɜːd /

noun

1. black gram See gram 2

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Etymology

Origin of Urd¹

< Old Norse Urthr, cognate with Old English wyrd ( weird ), derivative of the Germanic root of Old Norse vertha to become, German werden; worth ²

Origin of urd¹

< Hindi urd, urdh, urad, uṛad, Prakrit uḍidda- a pulse

Example Sentences

The team later excavated the Urd Ulaan Uneet cave and unearthed the mummified remains of a horse, which the group partially described in a 2018 paper.

From Science Daily

The well belongs to Urd; she is fate, and destiny.

From Literature

They will shape your fate, there at Urd’s well.

From Literature

Asgard shakes with its noise, and it is then that the sleeping gods will wake, and they will reach for their weapons and assemble beneath Yggdrasil, at Urd’s well, to receive the blessing and the counsel of the norns.

From Literature

“Now,” boomed Wednesday, over the mechanical music, “at the start of any quest or enterprise it behooves us to consult the Norns. So let us designate this Sybil our Urd, eh?”

From Literature