English Explanatory Dictionary

wyrd

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Fate, destiny, particularly in an Anglo-Saxon or Old Norse context.
name
  1. An Old English deity, goddess of fate.

Pronunciation

/wɪəd/ /wɝd/ /wiɚd/

Word forms

wyrd wyrds

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English wyrd. Doublet of weird.

Synonyms

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

Related words

wyrd folk
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