Hehe, that woulda been a fun one, though from all my Anglo-Saxon exposure, I've never heard of wyrd as a goddess, or even a god. It's always been likened to a force, or destiny, or something asexual and amorphous like that. You might be confusing it a big with Shakespeare's "Weird Sisters," I dunno.
Glad you like the name I "came up" with, and even more glad to hear you're getting compliments on it! *hugs back*
Yeah. Feel free to use it if you ever feel like changing pennames to something totally different. :D I doubt I'll be changing mine again any time soon.
Well, I had it in Literature a while back, and in the book, I think it was described as a force, but on the tests it might have said goddess. Or maybe that was something else. Aggghhh. No, nothing to do with Shakespeare. Maybe some other Anglo-Saxon goddess...? But I'm relatively sure it was described as female...whether it was a force or goddess. Or that could just be my female-until-proven-guilty mentality spreading to things other than people on the Internet.
Yes, a couple people have said "nice penname" but I'm wondering if it's more a polite acknowledgment than a compliment. Nahh, I'm sure it's a genuine compliment. :D Oh, and I'm always sure to tell them that you came up with it.
Okee. ^^ I won't be using it either, most likely, but you knew that.
That's an awful lot of mights and maybes, you know. Could have been a goddess you studied your teacher was trying to throw you off with, or something else… Or maybe there was a relationship between Wyrd and Dame Fortune (who morphed into Lady Luck at some point). Could be that. Or it could be that wyrd is a feminine noun (which it is, and yes, I have an Old English textbook with a glossary, shuddup).
Thanks for mentioning my name, but you don't have to. :)
Yes, I realized that. I was just trying to cover all my bases rather than saying something is definite then having it proved otherwise later by you, as per the usual. :) I wish I still had that textbook to look it up in... Hah, Dame Fortune.
Nah, I told you I would, and it's really no trouble anyway. And it gives me something to blabber on about for a couple more lines rather than shutting up.
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Glad you like the name I "came up" with, and even more glad to hear you're getting compliments on it! *hugs back*
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Well, I had it in Literature a while back, and in the book, I think it was described as a force, but on the tests it might have said goddess. Or maybe that was something else. Aggghhh. No, nothing to do with Shakespeare. Maybe some other Anglo-Saxon goddess...? But I'm relatively sure it was described as female...whether it was a force or goddess. Or that could just be my female-until-proven-guilty mentality spreading to things other than people on the Internet.
Yes, a couple people have said "nice penname" but I'm wondering if it's more a polite acknowledgment than a compliment. Nahh, I'm sure it's a genuine compliment. :D Oh, and I'm always sure to tell them that you came up with it.
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That's an awful lot of mights and maybes, you know. Could have been a goddess you studied your teacher was trying to throw you off with, or something else… Or maybe there was a relationship between Wyrd and Dame Fortune (who morphed into Lady Luck at some point). Could be that. Or it could be that wyrd is a feminine noun (which it is, and yes, I have an Old English textbook with a glossary, shuddup).
Thanks for mentioning my name, but you don't have to. :)
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Yes, I realized that. I was just trying to cover all my bases rather than saying something is definite then having it proved otherwise later by you, as per the usual. :) I wish I still had that textbook to look it up in... Hah, Dame Fortune.
Nah, I told you I would, and it's really no trouble anyway. And it gives me something to blabber on about for a couple more lines rather than shutting up.
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