Verdandi

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[ver-dahn-dee] / ˈvɛr dɑn di /

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.

1. Norn2

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Etymology

Origin of Verdandi

< Old Norse verthandi, present participle of vertha to become; see Urd

Example Sentences

Incidentally it may be remarked that, though Shakspeare’s Weird Sisters are three in number—corresponding to Urd, Verdandi and Skuld—German and Northern mythology and folk-lore occasionally speak of twelve or seven of them.

From The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Anderson, Rasmus Björn

Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos kept Jupiter himself in awe of their shears, and the old Norns, Urdur, Verdandi, and Skuld, ruined Wotan's power and his glory.

From In a Little Town by Hughes, Rupert

Urda, Verdandi, and Skulda; they knew the whole of the Past, the whole of the Present, and the whole of the Future.

From The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths by Pogany, Willy

They are named Urd the past, Verdandi the present, and Skuld the future.

From History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Menzies, Allan

The three Norns, Urda, Verdandi, and Skulda, sat beside the well that was in the hollow of the great root of Ygdrassil.

From The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths by Pogany, Willy