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| | Myth*ing Links: The Norns & Nuremberg |
 | | Among themselves, the oldest and original Norn was Urd -- other variants of her name include Wurd (Old High German), Wryd (Anglo-Saxon, commonly translated as "Fate"), Weird (English), Urth, Urtha, Urdr, Urda, Ertha -- our word "earth" is derived from her. |
 | | Near their cave was the cosmic wellspring of life, destiny, and justice -- Urdarbrunnr, the "Well of Urd." To preserve the life of the World Tree, the Norns annointed it daily with white clay from the spring and gave it pure, shining water from the well. |
 | | The gods themselves gathered daily around Urd's sacred Well, for this assembly-place was the gods' court of law where they solved problems and settled legal disputes. |
| www.mythinglinks.org /euro~west~icenorteu~Nuremberg2.html (588 words) |
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