Fate; destiny; luck.
Step by reluctant step, he had come to know his weird. The North must be saved from her.
To destine; doom; change by witchcraft or sorcery.
To warn solemnly; adjure.
In a strange manner.
I waltzed into that club just as straight as a goose and I kept tripping over things and people were looking at me weird.
From Middle English werde, wierde, wirde, wyrede, wurde, from Old English wyrd (“fate”), from Proto-West Germanic *wurdi, from Proto-Germanic *wurdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, wind”)...
Select a language to see translations
A prediction.
A spell or charm.
Thou shalt bear thy penance lone, / In the Valley of Saint John, / And this weird shall overtake thee;— / Sleep, until a knight shall wake thee, / For feat of arms as far renowned / As warrior of the Table Round.