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weird
English
Alternative forms
- weïrd, wierd (obsolete)
- weyard, weyward (obsolete, Shakespeare)
Etymology
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”). Cognate with Icelandic urður (“fate”). Related to Old English weorþan (“to become”). Doublet of wyrd. More at worth.
Weird was extinct by the 16th century in English. It survived in Scots, whence Shakespeare borrowed it in naming the Weird Sisters, reintroducing it to English. The senses "abnormal", "strange" etc. arose via reinterpretation of Weird Sisters and date from after this reintroduction.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?w??d/, /?wi??d/
- (US) IPA(key): /?wi?d/, /?w??d/
- Rhymes: -??(r)d
Adjective
weird (comparative weirder, superlative weirdest)
- Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.
- Deviating from the normal; bizarre.
- (archaic) Of or pertaining to the Fates.
- (Can we find and add a quotation to this entry?)
- (archaic) Connected with fate or destiny; able to influence fate.
- (archaic) Of or pertaining to witches or witchcraft; supernatural; unearthly; suggestive of witches, witchcraft, or unearthliness; wild; uncanny.
- Those sweet, low tones, that seemed like a weird incantation.
- 1912, Victor Whitechurch, Thrilling Stories of the Railway
- Naphtha lamps shed a weird light over a busy scene, for the work was being continued night and day. A score or so of sturdy navvies were shovelling and picking along the track.
- (archaic) Having supernatural or preternatural power.
Synonyms
- (having supernatural or preternatural power): eerie, spooky, uncanny
- (unusually strange in character or behaviour): odd, oddball, peculiar, strange, whacko; see also Thesaurus:insane
- (deviating from the normal): bizarre, fremd, odd, out of the ordinary, strange; see also Thesaurus:strange
- (of or pertaining to the Fates): fateful
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
weird (plural weirds)
- (archaic) Fate; destiny; luck.
- A prediction.
- (obsolete, Scotland) A spell or charm.
- 1813, Walter Scott, The Bridal of Triermain
- Thou shalt bear thy penance lone
In the Valley of Saint John,
And this weird shall overtake thee
- Thou shalt bear thy penance lone
- 1813, Walter Scott, The Bridal of Triermain
- That which comes to pass; a fact.
- (archaic, in the plural) The Fates (personified).
Synonyms
- (fate; destiny): kismet, lot, orlay, wyrd
- (luck): fortune, luck; see also Thesaurus:luck
- (prediction): foretale, foretelling, prognostication; see also Thesaurus:prediction
- (spell or charm): enchantment, incantation, cantrip
- (fact):
- (The Fates): The Norns
Derived terms
- dree one’s weird
- weirdless
Verb
weird (third-person singular simple present weirds, present participle weirding, simple past and past participle weirded)
- (transitive) To destine; doom; change by witchcraft or sorcery.
- (transitive) To warn solemnly; adjure.
Adverb
weird (not comparable)
- (nonstandard) In a strange manner. [from 1970s]
Usage notes
As an adverb, weird is only used to modify verbs, and is always positioned after the verb it modifies. Unlike weirdly it cannot modify an adjective (as in "She was weirdly generous.") or an entire sentence (as in "Weirdly, no-one spoke up.").
Synonyms
- funny (adverb), strangely, weirdly
Anagrams
- Dwire, wider, wierd, wired, wride, wried
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English weird.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wi?d/
Adjective
weird (plural weirds)
- (Quebec, Louisiana, informal) weird, bizarre.
Scots
Alternative forms
- wierd
Etymology
From Old English wyrd (“fate, destiny”), from Proto-Germanic *wurdiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wird/, [wi?rd]
Noun
weird (plural weirds)
- fate, fortune, destiny, one's own particular fate or appointed lot
- event destined to happen, a god's decree, omen, prophecy, prediction
- wizard, warlock, one having deep or supernatural skill or knowledge
Derived terms
Adjective
weird (comparative mair weird, superlative maist weird)
- troublesome, mischievous, harmful
Verb
weird (third-person singular present weirds, present participle weirdin, past weirdit, past participle weirdit)
- to ordain by fate, destine, assign a specific fate or fortune to, allot
- to imprecate, invoke
- to prophesy, prognosticate the fate of, warn ominously
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wen
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: w?n, IPA(key): /w?n/
- Rhymes: -?n
- Homophone: when (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Etymology 1
From Middle English wen, wenne, from Old English wenn, wænn (“wen”), from Proto-Germanic *wanjaz. Cognate with Dutch wen (“goiter”), Low German Ween (“wen”), dialectal German Wenne (“wen”), Danish van, væne.
Noun
wen (plural wens)
- A cyst on the skin.
- 1854, Henry David Thoreau, Walden, Walden:
- When I have met an immigrant tottering under a bundle which contained his all--looking like an enormous wen which had grown out of the nape of his neck--I have pitied him, not because that was his all, but because he had all that to carry.
- 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
- Creeps, foreigners with tinted, oily skin, wens, sties, cysts, wheezes, bad teeth, limps, staring or—worse—with Strange Faraway Smiles.
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 4:
- I am debating whether to risk scratching the right side of my jaw, where there is a wen.
- 1854, Henry David Thoreau, Walden, Walden:
Translations
Etymology 2
From Old English wynn.
Noun
wen (plural wens)
- a runic letter later replaced by w
Etymology 3
Eye dialect spelling of when.
Adverb
wen (not comparable)
- (eye dialect) Alternative spelling of when
Conjunction
wen
- (eye dialect) Alternative spelling of when
Pronoun
wen
- (eye dialect) Alternative spelling of when
Noun
wen (uncountable)
- (eye dialect) Alternative spelling of when
Anagrams
- New, new, new-
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch winnen, from Middle Dutch winnen, from Old Dutch winnan, from Proto-Germanic *winnan?, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh?- (“to strive, desire, wish, love”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?n/
Verb
wen (present wen, present participle wennende, past participle gewen)
- to win
Belizean Creole
Conjunction
wen
- when
References
- Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 371.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n/
- Hyphenation: wen
- Rhymes: -?n
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *hwann?. Cognate with English when, German wann.
Adverb
wen
- (archaic) when
- En ik dacht aan den geur harer bloesems, aan het huiveren harer takken, aan den zang harer vogelen; en ik vroeg mij: wen rieken wij die? (V. Someren, 1822)
- And I thought about the scent of her blossoms, at the shuddering of her branches, at the songs of her birds, and I asked myself: when do we smell these?
- En ik dacht aan den geur harer bloesems, aan het huiveren harer takken, aan den zang harer vogelen; en ik vroeg mij: wen rieken wij die? (V. Someren, 1822)
Conjunction
wen
- (archaic) when
- Daar heb ik wen de vogels vlogen, heimelik in elk nest geschouwd! (L. De Mont, 1880)
- There have I, when the birds flew, looked privily in each nest!
- Daar heb ik wen de vogels vlogen, heimelik in elk nest geschouwd! (L. De Mont, 1880)
Etymology 2
Verb
wen
- first-person singular present indicative of wennen
- imperative of wennen
Elfdalian
Etymology
From Old Norse hvern.
Pronoun
wen
- what
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ve?n]
- Rhymes: -e?n
Pronoun
wen
- (interrogative) accusative of wer: whom (direct object).
- Wen hast du gefragt?
- Whom did you ask?
- Wen hast du gefragt?
Further reading
- “wen” in Duden online
Gothic
Romanization
w?n
- Romanization of ????????????
Ilocano
Particle
wen
- yes
Japanese
Romanization
wen
- R?maji transcription of ??
Mandarin
Romanization
wen
- Nonstandard spelling of w?n.
- Nonstandard spelling of wén.
- Nonstandard spelling of w?n.
- Nonstandard spelling of wèn.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
wen
- Alternative form of wayn (“wagon”)
Etymology 2
Noun
wen (uncountable)
- Alternative form of wynne (“happiness”)
Etymology 3
Verb
wen
- (Northern) Alternative form of winnen (“to win”)
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *w?niz, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh?- (“love”). Cognate with Old Frisian wen, Old Saxon wan, Old High German w?n (German Wahn (“delusion”)), Old Norse ván, Gothic ???????????????? (w?ns).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /we?n/
Noun
w?n f
- hope, belief
- expectation, likelihood
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: wene, wen
- English: ween
- Scots: wen, wene
Welsh
Adjective
wen
- Soft mutation of gwen (“white (feminine)”).
Mutation
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