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In Norse mythology, Verðandi (Old Norse, meaning possibly "happening" or "present"), sometimes anglicized as Verdandi or Verthandi, is one of the norns. Along with Urðr (Old Norse"fate") and Skuld (possibly "debt" or "future"), Verðandi makes up a trioof Norns that are described as deciding the fates (wyrd) of people.

Etymology[]

Verðandi is literally the present participle of the Old Norse verb "verða", "to become", and is commonly translated as "in the making" or "that which is happening/becoming"; it is related to the Dutch word worden and the German

The 3 fate sisters

word werden, both meaning "to become".

Attestation[]

link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nornsweaving.jpg|thumb|"Norns weaving destiny" (1912) by Arthur Rackham.

Völuspá[]

She appears in the following verse from the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá, along with Urðr and Skuld:

Þaðan koma meyjar
margs vitandi
þrjár, ór þeim sal
er und þolli stendr;
Urð hétu eina,
aðra Verðandi,
skáru á skíði,
Skuld ina þriðju;
þær lög lögðu,
þær líf kuru
alda börnum,
örlög seggja.
Thence come maidens
much knowing
three from the hall
which under that tree stands;
Urd hight the one,
the second
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