Definition of Skuld

1. Noun. Goddess of fate: a dwarf who personified the future.

Generic synonyms: Norn, Weird Sister

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skuld

Skolt Sami
Skolts
Skookum
Skopelos
Skopjan
Skopjans
Skopje
Skoplje
Skopos
Skopos theory
Skopostheorie
Skraeling
Skraelings
Skt.
Skuld (current term)
Skunk ape
Sky Blue
Sky Father
Skye
Skye terrier
Skye terriers
Skylab
Skylar
Skyler
Skynet
Skyper
Skypers
Skyros
Skírnismál

Literary usage of Skuld

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction, Classical Mediæval, Legendary: Famous by William Shepard Walsh (1915)
"... Verdandi and Skuld (respectively present, past and future), who were descended from the giants. ..."

2. The Heroic Legends of Denmark by Axel Olrik (1919)
"But it is difficult to deny that Skuld was the name of a real person who lived in ... The Leire Chronicle relates that Hrolf gave his sister Skuld the whole ..."

3. The Religion of the Northmen by Rudolph Keyser (1854)
"For mankind they are the Goddesses of Birth, and Skuld, the youngest, ... Skuld, the coming, is from skuld, the part, past of skulu (Swed. skola; ..."

4. The Religion of the Northmen by Rudolph Keyser (1854)
"For mankind they are the Goddesses of Birth, and Skuld, the youngest, ... Skuld, the coming, is from skuld, the part, past of skulu (Swed, skola; ..."

5. The Metaphysical Magazine by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1901)
"Skuld is the youngest of the Sisters of Fate, and is described as a virgin of beautiful appearance. Having freighted the life-thread with its due cargo of ..."

6. The History of Sweden by Anders Fryxell (1844)
"KING ROLF had a step-sister, named Skuld, who was thought by her mother's side to be of the race of the fairies, for she was full of witchcraft and ..."

7. The Heroes of Asgard by A. Keary (1907)
"And so they went on, Verdandi drawing from Skuld, and Urd from Verdandi; but whence Skuld drew her separate bright threads no one could see. ..."

8. The Heroes of Asgard: Tales from Scandinavian Mythology by Annie Keary, Eliza Keary (1893)
"And so they went on, Verdandi drawing from Skuld, and Urd from Verdandi; but' whence Skuld drew her separate bright threads no one could see. ..."

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