"weird" as a verb

Drew Danielson andrew.danielson at CMU.EDU
Tue Sep 3 13:35:22 UTC 2002


I knew that I have heard the verb 'weird' in a supernatural/magicky
context -

not a terribly current usage here, but one may find it in Goth or Wiccan
literature -


<snip source="dictionary.com">
weird

\Weird\, v. t. To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to.
[Scot.] --Jamieson.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA,
Inc.
</snip>


would this were current, Lynne's example would be even more confusing...

> It'd weird me out if others can say 'it weirds me'.



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