wyrdstæf
Old English
noun
Definitions
- decree of fate
Etymology
Affix from Old English wyrd (destiny, fate) + Old English stæf (letter, staff, grammarical, grammar).
Origin
Old English
stæf
Gloss
letter, staff, grammarical, grammar
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *stabaz Proto-Germanic
- *wurdiz Proto-Germanic
- arstafas Old English
- bocstæf Old English
- stæf Old English
- stæfcræft Old English
- stæfleahter Old English
- stæflic Old English
- stæfrof Old English
- stæfwis Old English
- stæfwritere Old English
- wyrd Old English
- staf Middle English
- werde Middle English
- weird Scots