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urd

[oord, urd] Origin

urd

[oord, urd]
noun
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
Also called gram, black gram.


Origin:
< Hindi urd, urdh, urad, uṛad, Prakrit uḍidda- a pulse

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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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Urd

[oord]
noun Scandinavian Mythology.
See under Norn.

Origin:
< Old Norse Urthr, cognate with Old English wyrd (see weird), derivative of the Germanic root of Old Norse vertha to become, German werden; see worth2

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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urd (ɜːd)
 
n
See gram black gram
 
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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").
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Urd
uridine
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