weird : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: weird	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for weird
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
weird adj suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley Synonym(s): eldritch, weird, uncanny, unearthly strikingly odd or unusual; "some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker n fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters [syn: Wyrd, Weird]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weird \Weird\, v. t. To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weird \Weird\ (w[emac]rd), n. [OE. wirde, werde, AS. wyrd fate, fortune, one of the Fates, fr. weor[edh]an to be, to become; akin to OS. wurd fate, OHG. wurt, Icel. ur[edh]r. [root]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.