urd
[ oo rd, urd ]
/ ʊərd, ɜrd /
noun
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
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Origin of urd
< Hindi urd, urdh, urad, uṛad, Prakrit uḍidda- a pulse
Also called gram, black gram.
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Norn2
[ nawrn ]
/ nɔrn /
noun Scandinavian Mythology.
any of three goddesses of fate, the goddess of the past (Urd), the goddess of the present (Verdandi), and the goddess of the future (Skuld).
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Word Origin for urd
Hindi
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Norn1
/ (nɔːn) /
noun
Norse myth any of the three virgin goddesses of fate, who predestine the lives of the gods and men
Word Origin for Norn
C18: Old Norse
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Norn2
/ (nɔːn) /
noun
the medieval Norse language of the Orkneys, Shetlands, and parts of N Scotland. It was extinct by 1750
Word Origin for Norn
C17: from Old Norse norŕœna Norwegian, from northr north
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