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Definitions for Urd

[1] a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
[2] See under Norn.
[3] 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) .
[4] black gram See gram 2 (def. 1)
[5] Norse myth any of the three virgin goddesses of fate, who predestine the lives of the gods and men
[6] the medieval Norse language of the Orkneys, Shetlands, and parts of N Scotland. It was extinct by 1750

Words nearby Urd

urbi et orbi, urbiculture, urc, urceolate, urchin, urd, urdu, urdé, ure, urea, urea clearance

Origin of Urd

< Old Norse Urthr, cognate with Old English wyrd (see weird), derivative of the Germanic root of Old Norse vertha to become, German werden; see worth2

Word origin for Urd

NornC17: from Old Norse norŕœna Norwegian, from northr north