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; Urd

Example Sentences

Verdandi, usually translated as the Present, has an even deeper meaning.

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

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

Urda was ancient and with white hair, and Verdandi was beautiful, while Skulda could hardly be seen, for she sat far back, and her hair fell over her face and eyes.

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

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