wyrd
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wyrd¹
- /wɪəd/
- /wɝd/
- /wiɚd/
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Old English wyrd. Doublet of weird.
noun wyrds
-
Fate, destiny, particularly in an Anglo-Saxon or Old Norse context.
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.
Similar: orlay, weird, chance, destin, destiny, doom, fatality, fate, foredoom, foreordination, fortune, kismet
Wyrd²
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Old English Wyrd (“Fate”).
proper noun
- An Old English deity, goddess of fate. Both Wyrd (2574, 2526) and the Mighty Maker (979) measure out dooms, though God is said to control fate (1056).
Talk about this word "wyrd." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/wyrd. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. wyrd. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/wyrd "wyrd." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/wyrd.Cite this
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