Definitions for urds

urds urd

Spelling: [oo rd, urd]
IPA: /ʊərd, ɜrd/

Urds is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 28 anagrams from letters in urds (drsu).

Definitions for urds

noun

  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)

Origin of urds

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

Examples for urds

Their names are urd (the past), Varande (the present), and Skuld (the future).

The southernmost well has the warmer water of the sunny climesthe fountain of urd.

urd and her sisters, who guard one of the fountains of Ygdrasil's roots, are giantesses.

Out of it come three maids, whose names are urd, Verdande and Skuld.

They are all descended from that pair of swans which swim in the sacred waters of urd's fountain.

The king then went to the urd called Skerfsurd, where a road should be cleared.

May urd's protection hold thee on every side, where thou seest turpitude.

The third root of the ash is in heaven, and beneath it is the most sacred fountain of urd.

From urd comes our word "weird," and the weird sisters of Shakespeare.

The fountain of urd may be regarded as the embodiment of impressions of a spiritual force which upholds and renews the universe.

Word Value for urds
Scrable

4

Words with friends

5

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