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wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
wyrd, e; f.

What happensfatefortunechancefatethe otherwise than humanly appointed order of thingsone of the Fatesfatefortunean eventan eventoccurrencecircumstanceincidentfactwhat happens to a personfatefortunelotconditionfatedeathchanceaccident

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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.

Linked entry: weord

-wyrd

(suffix)

speech

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speech

wyrd

Grammar
wyrd, <b>. IV</b> 2.
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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.

-wyrd

(suffix)
Grammar
-wyrd, speech.
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wyrd-gesceap

(n.)
Grammar
wyrd-gesceap, es; n.

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

Linked entry: ge-sceap

wyrd-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
wyrd-stæf, es; m.

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

(n.)
Grammar
wyrd-writere, es; m.

One who writes an account of eventsa historianhistoriographer

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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

(n.)
Grammar
fore-wyrd, fore-wyrd, -wyrde, es; n.

a provisoagreementcondition

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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

Linked entries: -wyrd fore-word

for-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
for-wyrd, -wird, e; f. [wyrd fortune; for-weorþan to perish] Loss,

damagedestructionperditionruindeathdetrīmentumintĕrĭtusintĕrĭtioperdĭtiopernĭciesinternĕcio

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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

Linked entries: for-wird fǽr-wyrd

eft-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
eft-wyrd, e; f.

Future fate, day of judgmentfutūrum 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

(n.)
Grammar
wundor-wyrd, e; f.

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

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-wyrd, e; f. [fóre, wyrd an event]

A deed done beforeantefactum

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A deed done before; antefactum, Som. Ben. Lye

fǽr-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-wyrd, e; f.

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

(n.)
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tó-wyrd, e; f.

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

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrd, e; f.

Eventfatedestinycondition

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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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Dele

ge-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrd, fate.
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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

(n.)
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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

(n.)
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copiousness of speech, verbosity Gewyrd, maþelung ver-bositas An. Ox. 1419