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wyrd, <b>. IV</b> 2.
Wright's OE grammar
§225; §390; §562;
add: what is done, a deed, an action
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  • Gif hé ó wǽre gecnysseð mid mænniscre herenesse fram þám mægne þyssere wyrde

    in virtute facti (a miracle just performed) favore humano pulsatus,

      Gr. D. 59, 31.

  • Hé gefealh his gebede for þone seócan man, and þá sóna eft hine gelǽdde tó his ágenre ræste hálne . . . Of þǽre wyrde

    (ex quo ejus uno facto)

    þæs weres wé geleornodon ꝥ wé gelýfdon eallra óþra weorca,
      248, 4.

  • For þon þá wundru þe þonne geweorðað bringað þá gewitnysse þæs gódan lífes, þý ic bidde, gif hwylce sýn þé cúþe þára háligra wyrda, ꝥ þú secge

    quoniam ipsa signa quae fiunt, bonae vitae testimonium ferunt, quaeso te, si qua sunt, referas,

      91, 20.

  • Þá þá ic sǽde þá wyrda háligra wera

    dum facta fortium virorum narro,

      188, 5.
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  • Hit ne mæg áberan þá byrðene swá mycelre wyrde

    ferre talenti pondus non valet,

      Gr. D. 228, l.
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  • Hé nerede hý of wyrde heora

    eripuit eos de interitu eorum,

      Ps. Rdr. 106, 20.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wyrd.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/60879.

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