Urd
noun
1.
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
noun, Scandinavian Mythology.
1.
See under Norn.
noun, Scandinavian Mythology.
1.
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)
noun
1.
black gram See gram2 (sense 1)
noun
1.
(Norse myth) any of the three virgin goddesses of fate, who predestine the lives of the gods and men
noun
1.
the medieval Norse language of the Orkneys, Shetlands, and parts of N Scotland. It was extinct by 1750
Urd
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