Wyrd
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /wɪəd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Wyrd is a noun meaning Fate, destiny, particularly in an Anglo-Saxon or Old Norse context.
Meaning
Fate, destiny, particularly in an Anglo-Saxon or Old Norse context.
Example Sentences
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.
His three sisters sat, beneath the tree, one twisting the wyrd on her distaff, one spinning the wyrd on her wheel, one weaving the wyrds of gods and men on her loom.
I had journeyed back to England as part of my research on this book to meet with two Englishmen who were practicing Anglo-Saxon shamans who had been researching and practicing the sounds and ways of wyrd.
Word Forms
- wyrds
Synonyms for wyrd
Depending on context, synonyms include orlay, weird, chance, destin, destiny, doom.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include weird, wanfortune, chance, destin, augury, death-fire.
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