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Webster 1913 Edition
Weird
Weird
(wērd)
, Noun.
[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
,Adj.
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, etcMyself too had
weird
seizures. Tennyson.
Those sweet, low tones, that seemed like a
weird
incantation. Longfellow.
Weird sisters
, the Fates.
[Scot.]
G. Douglas.
☞ Shakespeare uses the term for the three witches in Macbeth.
The
Posters of the sea and land.
weird sisters
, hand in hand,Posters of the sea and land.
Shakespeare
Weird
,Verb.
T.
To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to.
[Scot.]
Jamieson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Weird
WEIRD
,Adj.