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Wyrd

//wɪəd//

Definitions

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Fate, destiny, particularly in an Anglo-Saxon or Old Norse context.
Wyrd is too vast, too complex for us to comprehend, for we are ourselves part of wyrd and cannot stand back to observe it as if it were a separate force.
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An Old English deity, goddess of fate.
Both Wyrd (2574, 2526) and the Mighty Maker (979) measure out dooms, though God is said to control fate (1056).

Word Origin

Learned borrowing from Old English wyrd. Doublet of weird.

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//wɪəd//

1
Fate, destiny, particularly in an Anglo-Saxon or Old Norse context.
Wyrd is too vast, too complex for us to comprehend, for we are ourselves part of wyrd and cannot stand back to observe it as if it were a separate force.
Similar
orlay weird chance

name

1
An Old English deity, goddess of fate.
Both Wyrd (2574, 2526) and the Mighty Maker (979) measure out dooms, though God is said to control fate (1056).

Word Origin

Learned borrowing from Old English wyrd. Doublet of weird.

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