WEIRD

n. a. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction. [Obs. or Scot.]

2.
n.

A spell or charm. [Obs. or Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

3.
a.

Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny.

4.
a.

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.

5.
v.

To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to. [Scot.] Jamieson.

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