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Meanings of weird in English

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Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences.

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Spanish
norna

Fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters.

norna
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Examples for "Wyrd"
Examples for "Wyrd"
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In my mind my thoughts are dark, and Wyrd himself peoples them.
The Tarn of Eternity
2
Only then shall Wyrd have him, as Wyrd must have us all.
The Tarn of Eternity
3
Even if it was only to see where the Wyrd planned to lead her.
The Assassin’s Blade
4
He will drive Wyrd once more into those bonds that have so long endured.
The Tarn of Eternity
5
Nameless among us, perhaps Wyrd is the name he bears.
The Tarn of Eternity

Of strange or extraordinary character.

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Set of demographics often encountered as selection biases in human research, or people in these demographics.

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Usage of weird in English
1
New technologies have always given us weird new ways to tell stories.
Wired
2
There is, of course, nothing new about our weird relationship with animals.
The Guardian
3
And, of course the weird things people come up with these days.
The South African
4
People say, 'It's so weird.' You wouldn't believe the attitude in America.
Love All The People
5
Then will you grant me my word, as I used it: 'weird'?
The Great Book of Amber
6
A few months ago she would have found this situation very weird.
Dark dreamer: a dark vista romance
7
It was really weird. He still couldn't believe it had actually happened.
The Maze Runner
8
So like we said, Bay Area ideology is weird-particularlythe conservative variety.
Wired
9
It's a weird question and I don't know how to answer it.
Wired
10
As anyone with a cat knows, they can be extremely weird animals.
The Guardian
11
It is a bit of a weird situation, Marsh said on Tuesday.
News.com.au
12
OK, maybe it is weird, but it's certainly not impossible to understand.
The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics
13
This year has been a weird one when it comes to politics.
Wired
14
The complete change in the topography of the shore was almost weird.
Where the Sun Swings North
15
Not strange in a bad way, no; strange in a weird way.
The South African
16
So there's still some weird disconnect in our valuation of public health.
NY Magazine
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Spanish
nornaurd
Weird through the time
Weird across language varieties
Australia
Common
United States of America
Common
South Africa
Common
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