Skuld

See also: skuld

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skʊld/

Proper noun

Skuld

1. (Norse mythology) the Norn of the future

Holonyms

• Norn

Coordinate terms

• Urd
• Verdandi

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German

Etymology

From Old Norse Skuld.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skʊlt/

• Audio:

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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 [sg-only, feminine]

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

¹With an article.

Holonyms

• Norne

Coordinate terms

• Urd
• Werdandi

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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

Coordinate terms

• Urðr
• Verðandi

Related terms

• skulu

Further reading

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