urd

¹

[ oord, urd ]

noun

1. a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.

Urd

²

[ oord ]

noun

, Scandinavian Mythology.

1. Norn2

urd

/ ɜːd /

noun

1. black gram See gram 2

Word History and Origins

Origin of urd¹

< Hindi urd, urdh, urad, uṛad, Prakrit uḍidda- a pulse

Origin of urd²

< Old Norse Urthr, cognate with Old English wyrd ( weird ), derivative of the Germanic root of Old Norse vertha to become, German werden; worth ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of urd¹

Hindi

Example Sentences

In April 2015, looters sacked an ancient cave burial at a site called Urd Ulaan Uneet high within the Altai Mountains of western Mongolia.

From Science Daily

The team later excavated the Urd Ulaan Uneet cave and unearthed the mummified remains of a horse, which the group partially described in a 2018 paper.

From Science Daily

They will shape your fate, there at Urd’s well.

From Literature

Asgard shakes with its noise, and it is then that the sleeping gods will wake, and they will reach for their weapons and assemble beneath Yggdrasil, at Urd’s well, to receive the blessing and the counsel of the norns.

From Literature

The well belongs to Urd; she is fate, and destiny.

From Literature