Word info

wyrd

Speech parts

1. wyrd - Noun

2. Wyrd - Proper noun

Meaning

wyrd (countable and uncountable, plural wyrds)

Fate, destiny, particularly in an Anglo-Saxon or Old Norse context.

fate, destiny

Ne wyrcþ man his āgene wyrd, ac hēo hine.You don't create your own fate, it creates you.
Wyrd wielt þisse weorolde, ac blindlīċe and būtan andġiete.Fate controls this world, but blindly and without purpose.

(in the plural) the Fates

event, occurrence

Wyrd

(mythology) An Old English deity, goddess of fate.

Wyrd f

(mythology) Wyrd, the goddess of fate

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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