werde
See also: wërde
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werde
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werde
- inflection of werden:
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Old English wyrd, weord, from Proto-West Germanic *wurdi, from Proto-Germanic *wurdiz. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique forms.
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werde (plural werdes) (especially Northern, literary)
- Destiny, fate; the force that determines events:
- A predetermined or predestined event; one's destiny.
- (often in the plural) A (usually future) event or outcome.
- (Greek mythology) One of the three Fates.
- (mythology) A prediction or prophecy.
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References edit
- “wē̆rd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.