noun
goddess of fate: a dwarf who personified the future
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Norn, ↑weird sister
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/skoold/, n. Scand. Myth.
See under Norn.
[ < ON, prob. lit. future, homonymous with skuld debt, bondage in payment of debt, deriv. from root of skulu SHALL, must; c. OE scyld, OS sculd, OHG scult (G Schuld)]
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Skuld «skuhld», noun.
Norse Mythology. one of the three Norns or goddesses of fate, a dwarf representing the future.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.