wyrd
What happens ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ chance ⬩ fate ⬩ the otherwise than humanly appointed order of things ⬩ one of the Fates ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ an event ⬩ an event ⬩ occurrence ⬩ circumstance ⬩ incident ⬩ fact ⬩ what happens to a person ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ lot ⬩ condition ⬩ fate ⬩ death ⬩ chance ⬩ accident
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Fatis wyrdum, 37, 54. Fors wyrd, 109, 5 : 83, 43: 37, 14. Fortuna wyrd, 108, 78 : 33, 78. Fortunae wyrde, 33, 77 : 79, 61. Sortem wyrd, 120, 76. Fatu (statu? Similar entries v.
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-wyrd
speech
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wyrd
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Þá þá ic sǽde þá wyrda háligra wera dum facta fortium virorum narro, 188, 5. Add Hit ne mæg áberan þá byrðene swá mycelre wyrde ferre talenti pondus non valet, Gr. D. 228, l. a. Add Hé nerede hý of wyrde heora eripuit eos de interitu eorum, Ps.
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wyrd-gesceap
A decree of fate or of fortune
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A decree of fate or of fortune Wyrdgesceapum fortuiter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 5
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wyrd-stæf
A decree of fate
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A decree of fate Ðonne seó þrág cymeþ wefen wyrdstafum when comes that season fixed by fate's decrees, Exon. Th. 183, 101; Gú. 1325
wyrd-writere
One who writes an account of events ⬩ a historian ⬩ historiographer
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One who writes an account of events, a historian, historiographer Wurdwrítere historiographus, Hpt. Gl. 453. 1 : 468, 65. Andromachus se wyrdwrítere, Anglia viii. 307, 9. Se wyrdwrítere Ióséphus áwrát on ðære cyrclícan gereccednesse, ðæt Héródes lytle
fore-wyrd
a proviso ⬩ agreement ⬩ condition
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What is said before, a proviso, agreement, condition Forewyrde antefata (cf. wǽr*-*word), Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 28. Þá Pyhtas heom ábǽdon wíf æt Scottum on þá gerád (ꝥ forewyrd, v. l.) ꝥ hí gecuron heora kynecinn on þá wífhealfa, Chr. P. 3, 16. Hér swutelað
for-wyrd
damage ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ ruin ⬩ death ⬩ detrīmentum ⬩ intĕrĭtus ⬩ intĕrĭtio ⬩ perdĭtio ⬩ pernĭcies ⬩ internĕcio
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Grammar for-wyrd, for-wyrd, es; n. is neuter in the following examples Ðín andbídaþ ðæt éce forwyrd the eternal perdition awaits thee, Homl. Th. i. 598, 9. God forlǽt hí to ðam écan forwyrde God will abandon them to the eternal perdition, i. 112, 23
eft-wyrd
Future fate, day of judgment ⬩ futūrum fātum, judĭcii dies
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Future fate, day of judgment; futūrum fātum, judĭcii dies, Cd. 169; Th. 212, 15; Exod. 539
wundor-wyrd
A wondrous case
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A wondrous case Be ðám næglum frignan ongan cwén, Cyriacus bæd, ðæt hire gástes mihtum ymb wundorwyrd willan gefylde, Elen. Kmbl. 2139; El. 1071
fóre-wyrd
A deed done before ⬩ antefactum
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A deed done before; antefactum, Som. Ben. Lye
fǽr-wyrd
A terrible fate, destruction, perdition ⬩ terrĭbĭle fātum, intĕrĭtus, perdĭtio
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A terrible fate, destruction, perdition; terrĭbĭle fātum, intĕrĭtus, perdĭtio He wénþ ðæt ðone mon ǽr mǽge gebrengan on fǽrwyrde that he thinks may bring the man earlier to a terrible fate, Past. 62; Hat. MS
tó-wyrd
Occasion
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Occasion Ðá wǽron Seaxan sécende intingan and tówyrde heora gedáles wiþ Brittas quaerentes occasionem divortii, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 37
ge-wyrd
Event ⬩ fate ⬩ destiny ⬩ condition
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Event, fate, destiny, condition Ðeós æþele gewyrd this noble event [the crucifixion], Elen. Kmbl. 1291; El. 64. Sume cwǽdon ðæt se steorra his gewyrd wǽre. Gewíte ðis gedwyld fram geleáffullum heortum ðæt ǽnig gewyrd sý búton se ælmihtiga scyppend some
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eft-wyrd
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Add: A becoming again (v. weorþan, ), a renewal of existence, resurrection at doom's day (?) Swá nú regnþeófas ríce dǽlað, yldo oððe ǽrdeáð; eftwyrd cymð, mægenþrymma mǽst now mighty robbers hold sway, eld or early death; renewal of life shall come,
fǽr-wyrd
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ge-wyrd
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Ge-wyrda fata, i. fortuna, eventus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 28. Cf. Gewyrd fatus, ta, tum (ut rerum tibi fata latentia solvant, Aid. 153, 9), An. Ox. 18 b, 32. what is made, an effect.
for-wyrd
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Add: f. or uncertain Ðeós forwyrd perditio haec, Mt. R. L. 26, 8. Is án forwyrd and ænde ( interitus ) þæs mannes and nýtena, Gr. D. 264, 16. Cwilde, forwyrde internicionis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 72: Guth. 38, 22. Forwirde dæg dies perditionis, Deut. 32,
ge-wyrd
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copiousness of speech, verbosity Gewyrd, maþelung ver-bositas An. Ox. 1419