< Hindi urd, urdh, urad, uṛad, Prakrit uḍidda- a pulse
< Old Norse Urthr, cognate with Old English wyrd ( see weird), derivative of the Germanic root of Old Norse vertha to become, German werden; see worth 2
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The king laid aside his cloak, and told them to go to work once more at the urd.
From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson
In the morning the king ordered them to drive to the urd, and try if they could get across it with the waggons.
From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson
The king then went to the urd called Skerfsurd, where a road should be cleared.
From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson
In the corresponding scene of the first Quartos we have the words ‘Hark van urd in your ear,’ and the meaning of the text may have been obscured by some omission in the Folio.
From The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Glover, John, librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge
Bruse said, "I told you, sire, but you would not believe me, that we could make nothing of this urd."
From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson
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 ● Dec. 12, 2023
The well belongs to Urd; she is fate, and destiny.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
“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 "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
For Mans Free-will immortal Law, Anagkê, Kismet, Destiny read That was, that is, that aye shall be, Star, Fortune, Fate, Urd, Norn or Need.
From The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
There are three norns: Urd, Verdande and Skuld.
From The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Anderson, Rasmus Björn
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