20. 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.
"The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson"
Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson
Urd is the eldest of the three, and gazes thoughtfully into the past; Werdandi gazes at the present; and skuld gazes into the future.
"Nature Mysticism"
J. Edward Mercer