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> Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2006 15:52:43 -0700
> From: Caelum Rainieri <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Any Germanic / Norse Studies on the Meaning of Wyrd?
>
> Can anyone point me to some good academic studies on the Old Norse or
> Germanic meaning of Wyrd, and/or comparing it to the Greek interpretation of
> Fate?
>
> Thanks,
> Caelum
Hello,
A classic modern study would be the late Gerd Wolfgang Weber's _Wyrd: Studien
zum Schicksalsbegriff der altenglischen und altnordischen Literatur_ (Bad
Homburg: Gehlen, 1969).
Michael
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