skæbne

destiny, fate, tell (someone's) fortune, lot

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(en -r)

(livsskæbne etc) lot ( fx his lot has been a hard one), fate ( fx a hard fate; that decided his fate; leave him to his fate; a fate worse than death; nothing is known about their fate),

(F: om større begivenheder, personer) destiny ( fx no man can escape his destiny; it was his destiny to conquer half the world);

[skæbnen] fate ( fx fate had decided otherwise),

F destiny ( fx no one can fight against destiny);

(skiftende skæbne) fortune ( fx those favoured by fortune);

(tilfældet) chance ( fx chance brought them together);

[ved skæbnens ugunst] by ill-luck, as ill-luck would have it;

[hun blev hans skæbne] she was to be his fate;

[friste skæbnen] tempt Providence,

T push one's luck;

[få (el. lide) samme skæbne] suffer the same fate;

[få en sørgelig skæbne] suffer a sad fate;

[tak skæbne!] oh dear! oh Heavens!

[en ublid skæbne] an unkind (el. a hard) fate;

(se også dele (med), finde (sig i), ironi, II. møde, overlade (til),

tilskikkelse).