Skuld

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English

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Etymology

From Old Norse Skuld, from Proto-Indo-European *skel- (“to be obligated”). See English should.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Skuld

  1. (Norse mythology) the Norn of the future

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German

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Etymology

From Old Norse Skuld.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skʊlt/
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Proper noun

Skuld f (proper noun, genitive Skulds or (with an article) Skuld)

  1. (Norse mythology) Skuld

Declension

Declension of Skuld
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Skuld
genitive einer der Skulds, Skuld1
dative einer der Skuld
accusative eine die Skuld

1With an article.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse Skuld, from skuld, whence also skuld.

Proper noun

Skuld f

  1. Skuld, the Norn of the future
  • skuld (“debt, blame”)

Etymology 2

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From Skuld. (see above)

Proper noun

Skuld f

  1. A peak of the Misery Mountain, Bear Island, in the Svalbard archipelago, Norway

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Old Norse

Etymology

See skuld. The name literally means “debt”, or “obligation”; thus, what is bound to happen, the future.

Proper noun

Skuld f

  1. (Norse mythology) one of the three Norns
    • Vǫluspá, verse 20, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 4:
      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 Verdandi,
      on a tablet they graved, / Skuld the third;
      Laws they established, / life allotted
      to the sons of men, / destinies pronounced.

Declension

  Declension of Skuld (strong i-stem, indefinite singular only)
feminine singular
indefinite
nominative Skuld
accusative Skuld
dative Skuld
genitive Skuldar

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Further reading

  • Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend.
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