Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Weird

/(wērd)/ · IPA /ˈwiɚd/

01 n. Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction.

1.
Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction.[Obs. or Scot.]
2.
A spell or charm.[Obs. or Scot.]

02 a. Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny.

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.

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

Phrases & compounds

Weird sisters — the Fates.

03 v. t. To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to.

1.
To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to.[Scot.]