Category:Weird

Weird, n. Etym: [oe. wirde, werde, as. wyrd fate, fortune, one of the Fates, fr. weor to be, to become; akin to os. wurd fate, ohg. wurt, Icel. ur. Worth to become.]

1. Fate; destiny; one of the fates, or norns; also, a prediction. [obs. or scot.]

2. A spell or charm. [obs. or scot.] Sir w. Scott.

Weird Weird, a.

1. Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny.

2. Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting, magical Influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird appearance, Look, sound, etc. Myself too had weird seizures. Tennyson. Those sweet, low tones, that seemed like a weird incantation. Longfellow. Weird sisters, the fates. [scot.] G. Douglas.

Note: shakespeare uses the term for the three witches in macbeth. The weird sisters, hand in hand, posters of the sea and land. Shak.

Weird Weird, v. t.

Defn: to foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to. [scot.] Jamieson.