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Pronunciation: [wˈɪəd] (IPA)

Wyrd is a term that refers to fate or destiny in Old English. Synonyms for this word can include destiny, fate, fortune, providence, kismet, or karma. These words all imply a predetermined outcome or path in life, often with a sense of inevitability and the idea of a higher power or force guiding one's life. Other synonyms might include chance, happenstance, or luck, which imply a more random and unpredictable course in life. Ultimately, the choice of which word to use may depend on one's belief in free will versus predestination, and whether one sees life as more of a journey versus a destination.
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What are the hypernyms for Wyrd?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

  • Other hypernyms:

    destiny, divination, fate, providence, supernatural force, supernatural power, cosmic force, destiny force, destiny line, karmic force, karmic line.

Usage examples for Wyrd

Ever wyrd has her way."
"Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race"
Maud Isabel Ebbutt
wyrd has swept all my kin, all the brave chiefs away!
"Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race"
Maud Isabel Ebbutt
In wyrd, the whole of the attributes are included under one name; and it counts among the marks of affinity between the Heliand and our Anglo-Saxon literature, that the same thing is observed there also, though in a less distinct manner.
"Anglo-Saxon Literature"
John Earle

Famous quotes with Wyrd

  • wyrd existed before the Gods and will exist after them. Yet wyrd lasts only for an instant, because it is the constant creation of the forces.like the still center of a whirlpool.it is never repeated in exactly the same way.
    Brian Bates (psychologist)
  • Nothing may happen without wyrd, for it is present in everything, but wyrd does not make things happen. wyrd is created at every instant, and so wyrd is the happening.
    Brian Bates (psychologist)
  • The threads of wyrd are a dimension of ourselves that we cannot grasp with words. We spin webs of words, yet wyrd slips through like the wind.Your word-hoard should serve your experience, not the reverse.
    Brian Bates (psychologist)
  • wyrd is too vast and 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.
    Brian Bates (psychologist)
  • All our lives are locked together in the shimmering world of wyrd in which all things are enmeshed and connected to one another by the threads of wyrd.the wyrd sisters simply express the will of wyrd. And so do we.The pattern of life is not woven ahead of time, like cloth to be worn later as a tunic. Rather, life is woven at the very instant you live it.
    Brian Bates (psychologist)

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