English Explanatory Dictionary

orlay

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Fate, destiny.

Word forms

orlay

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English orlæġ (“fate”), from Proto-West Germanic *oʀlag, *uʀlag, from Proto-Germanic *uzlagą (“destiny; fate”, literally “that which is laid out; out-lay; plan; design”). For more, see Old English or-, English lay.

Synonyms

weird wyrd chance destin destiny doom fatality fate foredoom foreordination fortune kismet lot orlay portion predestination predestiny preordination qadar

Related words

wyrd
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