An Analysis of the Old Norse Word “Wyrd” (974 words, 2 pages)
WYRD, FATE AND GEIS The old Nordic word 'wyrd', from which the modern adjective 'weird' is derived, is a kind of synonym for 'fate'. Yet unlike the Greek concept - with everything preordained, predestined, fixed, wyrd is dynamic, active, a chaotic interweaving of choices and consequences, and sometimes some very ...
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