A pinprick of light shone before me, like red Verthandi seen through clouds.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Urth of the New Sun]

The Norns were named Urth, the past; Verthandi, the present; and Skuld, the future.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eaters Of The Dead]

To its left and right, brave Skuld and sullen Verthandi seemed inconsequential moons.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Urth of the New Sun]

The f-f-freezing hands grope toward them, but the torch bowls are colder than any ice, colder than the moons of Verthandi, colder than the dead eyes!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shadow of the Torturer]

He-he-hethor am I, come to serve you, to scrape the mud from your cloak, whet the great sword, c-c-carry the basket with the eyes of your victims looking up at me, Master, eyes like the dead moons of Verthandi when the sun has gone out.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shadow of the Torturer]

You were on Verthandi, perhaps; I've read that its moons are pale gray ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Urth of the New Sun]