urd

¹ American  

[oord, urd] / ʊərd, ɜrd /

noun

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

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Urd ² American  

[oord] / ʊərd /

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.

1. Norn2

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urd British  

/ ɜːd /

noun

1. black gram See gram 2

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Etymology

Origin of urd¹

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

Origin of Urd¹

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

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

The URD, one of Mali’s main opposition parties, also issued a statement condemning the violence.

From The Guardian

Auguste Boukanga, president of the URD party which remained neutral in the conflict, echoed these concerns, calling on the 2,000 French and over 5,000 African peacekeepers to instead stick to their mandate of disarming the gunmen spreading terror.

From Reuters

"There was no voting in several communes of Goundam," said Oumou Sall Seck, mayor of the town and a member of the opposition URD party.

From Reuters