werdeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Inherited from 古期英語 wyrd, weord, from Proto-West Germanic *wurdi, from Proto-Germanic *wurdiz. The final vowel is generalised from the 古期英語 oblique forms.

発音

• IPA: /ˈweːrd(ə)/, /ˈwɛːrd(ə)/, /ˈwiːrd(ə)/

名詞

werde (plural werdes) (especially Northern, literary)

1. Destiny, fate; the force that determines events:
   1. A predetermined or predestined event; one's destiny.
   2. (often in the plural) A (usually future) event or outcome.
2. (Greek mythology) One of the three Fates.
3. (mythology) A prediction or prophecy.

派生した語

• English: werd, weard (obsolete)
• Middle Scots: weird, werd
  • Scots: weird
  • → English: weird

参照

• “wē̆rd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.