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orlay.

Fate, destiny.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Fate, destiny.

    Germanic · countable · no-plural · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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.

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