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.
