orlay

noun

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English orlæġ (“fate”), from Proto-West Germanic *oʀlag, *uʀlag, from Proto-Germanic *uzlagą (“destiny; fate”, literally “that which is laid out; out-lay; plan; design”). For more, see Old English or-, English lay.

  1. derived from *uzlagą — “destiny; fate
  2. derived from *oʀlag
  3. learned borrowing from orlæġ — “fate

Definitions

  1. Fate, destiny.

    • There laws they laid, there life chose, To men's sons, and spoke orlay […]
    • I am fully aware of how Oaths affect my Orlay and my Wyrd. I am Oathed to no one, save the Holy Ones and my Wife.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for orlay. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA