wird

• IPA^(key): /vɪɐ̯t/

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• Homophone: Wirt

wird

1. third-person singular present of werden

wird

1. alternative form of werde

• word, wurd

Inherited from Middle Scots word, from Middle English word, from Old English word (“word”), from Proto-Germanic *wurdą (“word”), from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰh₁om (“word”).

• IPA^(key): /wɪrd/, /wʌrd/

wird (plural wirds)

1. A word (separable linguistic unit)
2. An utterance or remark.
   • 1983, William Lorimer, transl., The New Testament in Scots, Edinburgh: Canongate, published 2001, →ISBN, →OCLC, Matthew 1:22-23, page 3:

     Aa this happent at the wurd spokken bi the Lord throu the prophet micht be fulfilled: Behaud, the virgin will bouk an beir a son, an they will caa his name Immanuel— that is, "God with us".

     All of this happened so the statement made by the Lord through the prophet could be fulfilled: "Look, the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they'll call him Immanuel", which means "God with us".

3. (religion) The Logos (Jesus Christ)
   • 1983, William Lorimer, transl., The New Testament in Scots, Edinburgh: Canongate, published 2001, →ISBN, →OCLC, Matthew 1:22-23, page 3:

     In the beginning o aa things the Wurd wis there ense, an the Wurd bade wi God, an the Wurd wis God.

     At the beginning of everything the Word was there, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

4. The sound of one's voice; a way of speaking

wird (third-person singular simple present wirds, present participle wirdin, simple past wirdt, past participle wirdt)

1. to express oneself