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The Story of Beowulf, Translated from Anglo-Saxon into Modern English Prose

Note 13 — II The Story

Ernest J. B. (Ernest John Brigham) Kirtlan translation

Weird was a peculiarly English conception. It means Fate, or Destiny. Then Weird became a god or goddess—cp. ‘The Seafarer,’ an Old English poem in which we find ‘Weird is stronger, the Lord is mightier than any man’s thoughts.’ ↑

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