wird
German Edit
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wird
Middle English Edit
Noun Edit
wird
- Alternative form of werde
Scots Edit
Etymology Edit
From Middle English word, from Old English word (“word”), from Proto-Germanic *wurdą (“word”), from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰh₁om (“word”).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
wird (plural wirds)
Derived terms Edit
Derived terms
- guid wirds (“children's prayers”)
- horseman's wird (“a code word revealed on joining a horsemen's secret society”)
- owerwird (“the chorus of poem or song”)
- pit up a wird (“to say a prayer”)
- speak a wird tae (“to admonish”)
- sweir-wird (“swear-word”)
- tryst-wird (“password”)
Verb Edit
wird (third-person singular simple present wirds, present participle wirdin, simple past wirdt, past participle wirdt)
- to express oneself