Wyrd

Wurd or Wyrd is a Germanic term that describes the general fate or destiny, primarily that of humans. In the High Middle Ages, Icelandic, mythological poetry of the Edda, the term is applied in the form Urðr on the fate of the gods.

Model for the specific use of " Wurd motif " in the traditional predominantly poetic sources of Germania involved in secular and sacred contexts ( Heliand, Beowulf ), were late antique philosophical- clerical Christian beliefs according to the theology of Boethius. Meanwhile, theological and philosophical views of the world and the fate of dominant God, he finished with the key concepts and fortuna fatum. These are the Great reproduced in the transmission of Boethischen Consolation of Philosophy by Alfred into ancient English as wyrd, ie aligned with a traditional vernacular lexeme.

That the concept of Wurd in the pre-Christian, pagan Germanic societies had meaning and use, it is clear from the etymological meaning and from the comparison with pagan notions of the Romans and Greeks. This can be understood in the polytheistic world system in which people like gods as part of the nascent run the world these are subject, and the gods only temporary and can trade restricted to certain functions.

In the earlier research of Germanic philology misconceptions were constructed to an artificial and specific idea of ​​a concrete " Germanic fatalism ". This was a fertile ground especially in the years of the Nazi dictatorship for the ideologues in terms of war and staying propaganda. This was supported by numerous not only pseudo-scientific literatures.

The term and its erroneous interpretation found today in the neo-pagan scene and religious groups re- recording.

Etymology

Wurd Old Saxon, Old High German Wurt, Anglo-Saxon wyrd and Old Norse is the Germanic form * Urðr wurðiz basis. It belongs to the Indo-European root * uert for auto-rotate, turn and is an abstract form, are etymologically connected with Latin vertere same.

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