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for-wyrd

  • noun [ feminineneuter ]
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Grammar
for-wyrd, -wird, e; f. [wyrd fortune; for-weorþan to perish] Loss,
Wright's OE grammar
§12; §563; §649;
damage, destruction, perdition, ruin, death; detrīmentum, intĕrĭtus, intĕrĭtio, perdĭtio, pernĭcies, internĕcio
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  • Hér is geswutelod úre forwyrd

    here is made manifest our destruction,

    • Judth. 12
      • ;
    • Thw. 25, 30
      • ;
    • Jud. 285.

  • He alýsde ðin líf of forwyrde

    qui redĭmit de intĕrĭtu vītam tuam,

    • Ps. Th. 102, 4: 106, 19: Ps. Lamb. 9, 16: Boutr. Scrd. 17, 23: 20, 16.

  • Hwæt fremaþ ǽnegum menn, ðeáh he ealne middaneard gestrýne, gyf he hys sáwle forwyrd þolaþ

    quid prodest hŏmĭni, si mundum ūnĭversum lucrētur, anĭmæ vēro suæ detrīmentum pătiātur?

    • Mt. Bos. 16, 26: Lk. Bos. 9, 25.

  • Ðá sió wérge sceólu hreósan sceolde in wíta forwyrd

    when the wretched crew must fall into the ruin of punishment,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1526
      • ;
    • El. 765: Frag. Kmbl. 16
      • ;
    • Leás. 10: Andr. Kmbl. 3234
      • ;
    • An. 1620.

  • Ðæt hí óþ forwyrd ǽghwǽr fordiligade ne wǽron

    ne usque ad internĕciōnem usquequaque delērentur,

    • Bd. 1, 16
      • ;
    • S. 484, 17.

  • Of forwyrdum heora

    de intĕrĭtiōnĭbus eōrum,

    • Ps. Lamb. 106, 20.
Grammar
for-wyrd, for-wyrd, es; n. is neuter in the following examples
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  • Ðín andbídaþ ðæt éce forwyrd

    the eternal perdition awaits thee,

    • Homl. Th. i. 598, 9.

  • God forlǽt hí to ðam écan forwyrde

    God will abandon them to the eternal perdition,

    • i. 112, 23.
Linked entries
v.  for-wird fǽr-wyrd.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “for-wyrd.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/12037.

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