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Definition of Wierd

Weird (wērd), n. [OE. wirde, werde, AS. wyrd fate, fortune, one of the Fates, fr. weorðan to be, to become; akin to OS. wurd fate, OHG. wurt, Icel. urðr. √143. See 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, 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.

&fist; Shakespeare uses the term for the three witches in Macbeth.

The weird sisters, hand in hand,
Posters of the sea and land.
Shak.

Weird, v. t. To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Weird (wērd), n. [OE. wirde, werde, AS. wyrd fate, fortune, one of the Fates, fr. weorðan to be, to become; akin to OS. wurd fate, OHG. wurt, Icel. urðr. √143. See 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, 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.

&fist; Shakespeare uses the term for the three witches in Macbeth.

The weird sisters, hand in hand,
Posters of the sea and land.
Shak.

Weird, v. t. To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to. [Scot.] Jamieson.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • strange, unusual in a way that is not socially acceptable.
  • strange, in apparent violation of the laws of nature.
  • fate or destiny
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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