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Urðr (Old Norse "fate"Orchard (1997:169).) is one of the Norns in Norse mythology. [1]

17 relations: Asgard, Gro Steinsland, Gylfaginning, Norns, Norse mythology, Numbers in Norse mythology, Old English, Old Norse, Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, Skuld, Sophus Bugge, Urðarbrunnr, Völuspá, Verðandi, Wyrd, Yggdrasil.

Asgard

In Norse religion, Asgard ("Enclosure of the Æsir") is one of the Nine Worlds and home to the Æsir tribe of gods.

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Gro Steinsland

Gro Steinsland (born 1945) is a Norwegian scholar of medieval studies and history of religion and since August 2009 has been the Scientific Director of the Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

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Gylfaginning

Gylfaginning (Old Norse pronunciation;; either Tricking of Gylfi; c. 20,000 words), is the first part of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda after Prologue.

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Norns

The Norns (norn, plural: nornir) in Norse mythologyThe article in Nordisk familjebok (1907).

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Norse mythology

Norse mythology is the body of myths of the North Germanic people stemming from Norse paganism and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia and into the Scandinavian folklore of the modern period.

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Numbers in Norse mythology

The numbers three and nine are significant numbers in Norse mythology and paganism.

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Old English

Old English (Ænglisc, Anglisc, Englisc), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.

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Old Norse

Old Norse was a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements from about the 9th to the 13th century.

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Poetic Edda

Poetic Edda is the modern attribution for an unnamed collection of Old Norse anonymous poems, which is different from the Edda written by Snorri Sturluson.

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Prose Edda

The Prose Edda, also known as the Younger Edda, Snorri's Edda (Snorra Edda) or, historically, simply as Edda, is an Old Norse work of literature written in Iceland in the early 13th century.

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Skuld

Skuld (the name possibly means "debt" or "future")Orchard (1997:151).

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Sophus Bugge

Elseus Sophus Bugge (5 January 1833 – 8 July 1907) was a noted Norwegian philologist and linguist.

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Urðarbrunnr

Urðarbrunnr (Old Norse "Well of Urðr"; either referring to a Germanic concept of fate—urðr—or the norn named UrðrSimek (2007:342).) is a well in Norse mythology.

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Völuspá

Völuspá (Old Norse Vǫluspá or Vǫluspǫ́, Prophecy of the Völva (Seeress); reconstructed Old Norse, Modern Icelandic) is the first and best known poem of the Poetic Edda.

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Verðandi

In Norse mythology, Verðandi (Old Norse, meaning possibly "happening" or "present"Orchard (1997:174).), sometimes anglicized as Verdandi or Verthandi, is one of the norns.

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Wyrd

Wyrd is a concept in Anglo-Saxon culture roughly corresponding to fate or personal destiny.

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Yggdrasil

Yggdrasil (or; from Old Norse Yggdrasill, pronounced) is an immense mythical tree that connects the nine worlds in Norse cosmology.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urðr

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