Weird \Weird\ (w[=e]rd), n. [OE. wirde, werde, AS. wyrd fate, fortune, one of the Fates, fr. weor[eth]an to be, to become; akin to OS. wurd fate, OHG. wurt, Icel. ur[eth]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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Weird \Weird\, v. t. To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to. [Scot.]

--Jamieson.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)