I know that , Read every damn thing the old fart (Tolkien) wrote (well LotR, Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales at least).
You're right.
I forgot
Let's get back to the topic.
WEIRD:
1. Fate personified; one of the three Weird Sisters
2. suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley
3. strikingly odd or unusual; "some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker