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Definition of Skuld
1. Noun. Goddess of fate: a dwarf who personified the future.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skuld
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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