Verðandi

In Norse mythology, Verðandi (Old Norse, meaning possibly "happening" or "present"Orchard (1997:174).), sometimes anglicized as Verdandi or Verthandi, is one of the norns. Along with Urðr (Old Norse "fate"Orchard (1997:169).) and Skuld (possibly "debt" or "future"Orchard (1997:151).), Verðandi makes up a trio of Norns that are described as deciding the fates (wyrd) of people.
==Etymology==
Verðandi is literally the present tense 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:
:Þaðan koma meyjar
:margs vitandi
:þrjár, ór þeim sal
:er und þolli stendr;
:Urð hétu eina,
:aðra Verðandi,
:skáru á skíði,
:Skuld ina þriðju;
:þær lög lögðu,
:þær líf kuru
:alda börnum,
:örlög seggja.	
:Thence come maidens
:much knowing
:three from the hall
:which under that tree stands;
:Urd hight the one,
:the second Verdandi,
:on a tablet they graved,
:Skuld the third;
:Laws they established,
:life allotted
:to the sons of men,
:destinies pronounced.
==Notes==
==References==
* Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-34520-2
Category:Norse mythology
Category:Deities