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Norna

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The well of Urda, where the gods sit in judgment, and near which is thatfair building” whence proceed the three maidens called Urda, Verdandi, and Skulda (Past, Present, and Future). (Scandinavian mythology.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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