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Urd

Urd

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A goddess who represents the past and is one of three goddesses of fate
  • proper noun
  • Literature
: Urd
  • In Norse mythology, Urd is known as a goddess who represents the past.

Examples

  • After recruiting two women from COPEI and the URD, they founded the Comite Femenino de la Junta Patriótica on 23 September 1957.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Weaving and destiny occupy the three sister-goddesses called Norns (Skuld 'Being', Urd 'Fate', Verdandi 'Necessity').

    Academic text (2000)

  • The URD leadership was sent into exile.

    Academic text (1998)

  • When the URD's Villalba was approached afterward, he said he could not let the women of his party participate because "the communists will end up winning them over."

    Academic text (1998)

  • According to legend, Urd is one of the three Norns who control the fate of humanity.

  • The ancient texts describe Urd as a symbol of destiny intertwined with the lives of men and gods.

Synonyms

Urth
vsUrd
  • Literature
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A goddess in Norse myth who represents the past and helps decide people's fate

is identical in meaning but written as an alternate spelling

Surface Forms

Urd main

Etymology

Urd comes from Old Norse Urðr, which means 'fate' or 'what has happened', and is like the old English word wyrd, the ancestor of our word weird. So Urd's name fits her role as a goddess of the past and of fixed destiny.