Verðandi


In Norse mythology, Verðandi, sometimes anglicized as Verdandi or Verthandi, is one of the norns. Along with Urðr and Skuld, Verðandi makes up a trio of Norns that are described as deciding the fates of people.

Etymology

Verðandi is literally the present participle of the Old Norse verb "verða", "to become", and is commonly translated as "in the making" or "that which is happening/becoming"; it is related to the Dutch word worden and the German word werden, both meaning "to become".

Attestation

''Völuspá''

She appears in the following verse from the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá, along with Urðr and Skuld: