orlay
nounEtymology
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.
- derived from *oʀlag✻
Definitions
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