Old English Dictionary Entry

Wyrd-stæf

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 wyrd-stæf

m. A decree of fate :-- Ðonne seó þrág cymeþ wefen wyrdstafum when comes that season fixed by fate's decrees, Exon. Th. 183, 101; Gú. 1325. wyrd-stæf

Similar Words

-wacnian
-wamb
-wand
-wandigendlíce
-wandodlíc

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚣᚱᛞ-ᛋᛏᚫᚠ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Exon.: Exeter Book
Gú.: Guthlac (OE poem)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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