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Skuld

  [skoold]
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–noun Scandinavian Mythology.
See under Norn.
Origin:
< ON, prob. lit. future, homonymous with skuld debt, bondage in payment of debt, deriv. from root of skulu shall, must; c. OE scyld, OS sculd, OHG scult (G Schuld)

Norn

  [nawrn]
–noun Scandinavian Mythology.
any of three goddesses of fate, the goddess of the past (Urd), the goddess of the present (Verdandi), and the goddess of the future (Skuld).
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Norn 
1770, from O.N. norn (pl. nornir), one of the female fates of Scand. mythology, related to Swed. dial. norna "to warn, to communicate secretly," perhaps ult. imitative of low murmuring (cf. M.H.G. narren "to growl, snarl").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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