Wyrd
See also: wyrd
English
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Old English Wyrd (“Fate”).
Proper noun
editWyrd
- (mythology) An Old English deity, goddess of fate.
- 1925, Caroline Harris Stevens, The Treatment of Death in Anglo-Saxon Poetry, page 18:
- Both Wyrd (2574, 2526) and the Mighty Maker (979) measure out dooms, though God is said to control fate (1056).
- 2007, Holly Taylor, Crimson Fire: Book Two in the Dreamer's Cycle Series:
- At last she spoke, “My name is Anawin. I am the valla. I am the keeper of secrets. I am the teller of truths. I speak for the Wyrd, the three goddesses of fate. I speak for past, for present, for future. What is it that you wish to know?”
- 2015, CJ Moseley, Chronoclysm: The Paradox War:
- He recognises these women, and with dawning realization so do I. The Queen within, is the Wyrd, Goddess of chance, destiny and death.
Old English
editEtymology
editThe word wyrd used as a name. From Proto-Germanic *wurdiz (“fate”). Cognate with Old Norse Urðr (“one of the three Norns”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editWyrd f
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