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weird (adj.)

c. 1400,

• "having power to control fate", from wierd (n.), from Old English wyrd "fate, chance, fortune; destiny; the Fates," literally "that which comes,"

• from Proto-Germanic wurthiz (cognates: Old Saxon wurd, Old High German wurt "fate," Old Norse urðr "fate, one of the three Norns"),

• from PIE wert- "to turn, to wind," (cognates: German werden, Old English weorðan "to become"),

• from root wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus).

• For sense development from "turning" to "becoming," compare phrase turn into "become."

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A Saying is a Flower, a Proverb is a Berry (www.reddit.com)
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The proverb in the title is a berry. In my digestion of it I have learned two deep simplicities.

  1. A proverb is not something to explain to the contemplative mind. Digestion is individual.
  2. To recognize this proverb as a proverb is to glimpse the subsurface of proverbial depth.

Meanings go deep.
The depths can be searched.
Perhaps there is a bottom.
It would be something foundational.

Here I have brought you a single berry on a big white plate and I have cut it into pieces.

Flowers are beautiful.

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[–] syncretik 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
  • Beauty is of that which is coherent.
  • Seek that which is searched. Search that which is sought. That's two out of four out of a probable six. (idk, haven't thought about it yet but it's a fun pattern)
  • Contentment is the beginning of authentic expression. Discontent is the beginning of self-distortion.
  • is this indigestion, hahaha

Originally commented by u/[deleted] on 2021-07-08 08:30:40 (h4ep1hm)

[–] syncretik 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
  • Discord is of that which is neglected.
  • Discover the veiled. Obscure the revelation.
  • Grievance is the end of feigned tolerance. Delight is the end of self-indulgence.
  • is the wine too bitter?

Originally commented by u/Scew on 2021-07-09 02:02:35 (h4hiyoj)

[–] syncretik 1 points 1 year ago
  • I appreciate the angle. Discord sure is a funny word these days what with electronic abstract environments. Ah, anyway. As it happens Discord the chat software is definitely something I have been neglecting there's just some people I don't want to talk to right now.
  • I cannot add or take away anything from the second statement to make it any more or less profound. I would probably do a Michael Scott face perhaps, because it hits the spot, the painful spot. Them residues...
  • Grievance...? Can you tell me more? I am unfamiliar with this word, though I have feigned tolerance so I know a bit about that stuff.
  • If delight is the end of self-indulgence, then may all indulge to delight's content! (smirky face)
  • a bit sweet, actually

Originally commented by u/[deleted] on 2021-07-09 03:50:37 (h4hxx0z)