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wyrd

/wɜːd/

/wɜrd/

Translations

wyrdnoun

wyrds

/wɜːd/

/wɜrd/

The concept of wyrd in Anglo-Saxon culture is similar to the idea of fate.

Концепция судьбы в англосаксонской культуре схожа с идеей фатума.

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Synonyms

wyrdnoun

A person's individual fate or destiny, especially as conceived in early Germanic and Anglo-Saxon belief.

In the epic poem Beowulf, the hero often reflects on his wyrd and the inevitability of his fate.

The impersonal force or cosmic principle that governs events; fate as an overarching power.

According to some Heathen practitioners, wyrd weaves the fabric of the universe.