InNorse mythology,Verðandi (Old Norse, meaning possibly "happening" or "present"[1]), sometimes anglicized asVerdandi orVerthandi, is one of thenorns. Along withUrðr (Old Norse "fate"[2]) andSkuld (possibly "debt" or "future"[3]), Verðandi makes up atrio of Norns that are described as deciding the fates (wyrd) of people.
Verðandi is literally the present participle of theOld 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 wordworden and the German wordwerden, both meaning "to become".[4] "Werdend" is not a commonly used German word in modern times, but intutitively means the things that "are becoming", as -nd is the gerund form.
She appears in the following verse from thePoetic Edda poemVöluspá, along with Urðr and Skuld:
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