Note C — TRADITIONS AND TALES OF UPPER LUSATIA.
Reading edition
Weirds. The French has—Lots. “Elles jettent des sorts.” For justifying the translation, see the fine old Scottish ballad of Kempion; or Kemp Owayne, at the beginning:—
“Come here, come here, ye freely fede, (i. e. nobly born,) And lay your head low on my knee, A heavier weird I shall ye read Than ever was read to gay ladye. “I weird ye to a fiery beast: And released shall ye never be, Till Kempion the kinges son Come to the crag and thrice kiss thee!”