Dictionary entry

Weird

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Weird (?), n. [OE. wirde, werde, AS. wyrd fate, fortune, one of the Fates, fr. weor�an to be, to become; akin to OS. wurd fate, OHG. wurt, Icel. ur�r. �143. See Worth to become.]

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

2. A spell or charm. Sir W. Scott.