Students organized in the liberal-radical society Verdandi, which advocated suffrage and social reforms (1882). From Wordnik.com. [1882] Reference
The three Norns guarded this little drop of paradise: Urda (the Past), Verdandi (the Present) and Skuld (the Future). From Wordnik.com. [HerScopes] Reference
Freyja, the goddess of love and plenty, who presided over marriages, was one of these, and the three moons, Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld, who determined the fate of gods and men, were also among the number. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
Urdur (the past), Verdandi (the present), Skuld (the future). From Wordnik.com. [The Age of Fable] Reference
Verdandi will fall from the sky and save the wretched like me. From Wordnik.com. [AnimeBlogger.net Antenna] Reference
NORNS, the three Scandinavian Fates, Urdur (the past), Verdandi. From Wordnik.com. [Legends of Charlemagne] Reference
Skuld, Urd and Verdandi, are missing, leaving no one to tend the world tree. From Wordnik.com. [Joystiq PSP] Reference
Urda was the norn of the past, Verdandi of the present, and Skulda of the future. From Wordnik.com. [Fritiofs Saga] Reference
Verdandi - have gone missing, leaving no one to tend to Yggdrasil, the World Tree. From Wordnik.com. [Joystiq] Reference
Skuld and Verdandi - have gone missing, leaving no one to tend to Yggdrasil, the World Tree. From Wordnik.com. [Cinema Blend Feeds] Reference
Urda, Verdandi, and Skulda; they knew the whole of the Past, the whole of the Present, and the whole of the Future. From Wordnik.com. [The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths] Reference
The three Norns, Urda, Verdandi, and Skulda, sat beside the well that was in the hollow of the great root of Ygdrassil. From Wordnik.com. [The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths] Reference
These three sisters, whose names were Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld, were personifications of the past, present, and future. From Wordnik.com. [Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas] Reference
Urda was ancient and with white hair, and Verdandi was beautiful, while Skulda could hardly be seen, for she sat far back, and her hair fell over her face and eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths] Reference
Two of the Norns, Urd and Verdandi, were considered to be very beneficent indeed, while the third, it is said, relentlessly undid their work, and often, when nearly finished, tore it angrily to shreds, scattering the remnants to the winds of heaven. From Wordnik.com. [Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas] Reference
04: 02 pm: Interview by Verdandi Weaves - 7 comments. From Wordnik.com. [October 2005] Reference
“Verdandi”, the present; and “Skuld”, the future. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Volsungs] Reference
Verdandi (the Becoming, or Present), and Skuld (the To-be, or. From Wordnik.com. [The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi] Reference
Near this well is a fair building, whence issue the three maidens, Urda, Verdandi, Skulda (the. From Wordnik.com. [Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete] Reference
Verdandi, 2: 32. From Wordnik.com. [Fritiofs Saga] Reference
Verdandi, student society. From Wordnik.com. [Subject Index Page 80] Reference
Interview by Verdandi Weaves. From Wordnik.com. [Bitch!] Reference
Their names were Urd, Verdandi and Skuld, or Past, Present, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Sigurd the Volsung] Reference
They are three -- "Urd", the past; "Verdandi", the present; and "Skuld", the future. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Volsungs] Reference
These Fates, or Norns, are named Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld, -- three words meaning "past," "present," and "future.". From Wordnik.com. [Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology] Reference
As personifications of time, the Norns were represented as sisters of different ages and characters, Urd (Wurd, weird) appearing very old and decrepit, continually looking backward, as if absorbed in contemplating past events and people; Verdandi, the second sister, young, active, and fearless, looked straight before her, while Skuld, the type of the future, was generally represented as closely veiled, with head turned in the direction opposite to where Urd was gazing, and holding a book or scroll which had not yet been opened or unrolled. From Wordnik.com. [Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas] Reference
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