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ge-wyrd

  • noun [ feminine ]
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ge-wyrd, e; f.
Event, fate, destiny, condition
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  • Ðeós æþele gewyrd

    this noble event [the crucifixion],

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1291
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    • El. 64
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  • Sume cwǽdon ðæt se steorra his gewyrd wǽre. Gewíte ðis gedwyld fram geleáffullum heortum ðæt ǽnig gewyrd sý búton se ælmihtiga scyppend

    some said that the star was his destiny. Let this error depart from believing hearts, that there is any destiny except the Almighty Creator,

    • Homl. Th. i. 110, 11
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  • Fore giwyrd líchomes

    pro conditione carnis,

    • Rtl. 66, 37
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  • Gewyrd vel gecwide

    conditio,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 13
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    • Som. 57, 117
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    • Wrt. Voc. 20, 54
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  • Hit is of ðæra bisceopa gehlote and of heora ágenre gewyrde ðæt ðæt hý secgaþ

    in potestate esse antistitis quid velit fingere,

    • Ors. 3, 9
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    • Bos. 65, 34
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  • Gewyrd

    fatum, parca, fortuna,

    • Hpt. Gl. 529, 467
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  • Binnan ðam wendun gewyrda and gewát Eádrǽd cyng

    meanwhile matters changed and king Eadred died,

    • Th. Chart. 207, 22
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[Cf. wyrd, ge-weorþan; and see ge-wyrde.]
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v.  -wyrd.
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