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An Old English deity, goddess of fate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Fate, destiny, particularly in an Anglo-Saxon or Old Norse context.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: orlay, weird, chance, destin, destiny, doom, fatality, fate, foredoom, foreordination, fortune, kismet, lot, portion, predestination, predestiny, preordination, qadar, wyrd
Antonyms: none provided
noun
fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Weird
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Anglo-Saxon deity
History
Learned borrowing from Old English Wyrd (“Fate”).
Learned borrowing from Old English wyrd. Doublet of weird.
