Beorwíc
BERWICK on Tweed
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BERWICK on Tweed, Som
scín-cræftiga
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A magician, sorcerer Gif wiccan oððe wigleras, scíncræftigan oððe hórcwénan on earde wurðan ágitene, fýse hí man georne út of ðysan earde, L. Eth. vi. 7; Th. i. 316, 20
morþ-wyrhta
One who causes death
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One who causes death (by witchcraft or poison) Wiccan oððe wigleras, mánsworan oððe morþwyrhtan, L.E.G. 11; Th. i. 172, 20 (see note): L. Eth. vi. 7, 36; Th. i. 316, 21, 324, 11: L.C.S. 4; Th. i. 378, 7: Wulfst. 266, 25
Linked entry: morþor-wyrhta
wæl-cyrge
A chooser of the slain.
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Wiccan and wælcerian, 165, 34. Wiccean and wælcyrian, Chart. Erl. 231, 10
Linked entries: -cyrge wæl-ceásiga
be-gnídan
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To rub thoroughly Genim meluwes smed-man and wiccgan innel(fe), begníd ( or? innelfe gníd) tósomne, Lch. ii. 134, 5
Hwiccas
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In a list of territorial names in one group occurs the following :-- Hicca (Wicca, 416, 7, a Latin form of the list) landes is þrý hund hýda. The next group begins :-- Hwinca ( = Hwicna?)
in-ylfe
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Wiccgan innelbe, 134, 4
á-niman
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Ánimað, ánimað hraðe þá réþan wiccan, Hml. S. 7, 209. Ic wille ániman and áteón fram þám þe þás bóc rǽdaþ þone intingan ǽlcre tweónge ut dubitationis occasionem legentibus subtraham, Gr. D. 9, 5. Ǽlc tǽl sié ánumen (tollatur) fram eów, Past. 222, 9.
sín-lǽca
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H.) and wiccan, ne lǽt ðú ða libban, L. Alf. 30; Th. i. 50, 10. v. two following words
scín-cræft
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Wiccan beóþ tó helle bescofene for heora scín*-*cræftum, Homl. Th. ii. 330, 29. Hí mid mislícum scýncræfton ðæt folc dwelodon, 482, 4. Hé wolde ðære fǽmnan mód on his scíncræftum onwendan tó hǽðendóme, Shrn. 135, I.
á-gitan
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Gyf wiccean innan þysan earde weorðan ágytene, Wlfst. 309, 23. v. on-gitan. to get, take away Hié eágena gesihð ágéton (-gétton?) gára ordum, An. 32
Linked entry: á-gytan
drý-cræft
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Se deófol geswutelað þǽre wiccan hwæt heó secge mannum, ꝥ þá beón fordóne þe ðæne drýcræft sécað, Hml. S. 17, 113. Hé wæs fyrmest on þám drýcræftum in magicis operibus primus fuit, Gr. D. 27, 20: Hml. Th. ii. 414, 4.
rǽdere
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Rédere réderes forlonge foreboderes ł ceigeras fruma from wítgum ðǽm is gecuoedin ceig lector; lectores dudum praecones vel clamatores, initium a prophetis, quibus dicitur, Clama, Rtl. 194, 1-4. a reader of riddles, a diviner (v. rǽdan, VI a) Wiccum,
áscian
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Ne áxa nánne wiccan rǽdes nec sit qui pythones consulat, Deut. 18, 11. 'Mót ic þé áhtes ácsian?' Cwæð hé :-- 'Ácsa þæs þe þú wille' 'licet aliquid interrogare.' 'Interroga,' inquit, 'quod vis,' Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 358, 1.
Linked entry: áhsian
tilung
striving, ⬩ endeavour, ⬩ effort, ⬩ labour ⬩ a pursuit ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ business ⬩ care ⬩ attention ⬩ treatment ⬩ cure ⬩ gain that comes from labour ⬩ acquisition ⬩ fruit got by tilling the earth
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Wé willaþ sprecan ymbe manna tilunga ad hominum studia revertor, Bt. 24,4; Fox 84, 27. care, attention, treatment, cure. v. tilian, III. 2 b, IV Ðonne man tó wiccan tilunge séce æt ǽnigre neóde, Wulfst. 171, 11.
be-gán
passage ⬩ to go round ⬩ to reach by going ⬩ come upon ⬩ get at ⬩ to go ⬩ pass by ⬩ to go ⬩ come ⬩ get ⬩ to pass by ⬩ To come by ⬩ get at ⬩ to come ⬩ fall to one's lot ⬩ to fall ⬩ get into debt ⬩ to surround ⬩ to confine ⬩ to occupy ⬩ to go about a business ⬩ to attend to ⬩ to cultivate ⬩ to worship ⬩ to honour ⬩ venerate a place ⬩ to exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c. ⬩ to practise a religion ⬩ follow the dictates of ⬩ to practise ⬩ carry on ⬩ do (habitually) ⬩ to devote one's self to a practice ⬩ to exercise a person ⬩ to behave ⬩ to exercise in something ⬩ to exercise ⬩ use ⬩ employ ⬩ to profess ⬩ pretend
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Se man þe begá wicce-cræft, Lev. 20, 27. to practise a religion, follow the dictates of Hé deófolgield georne beeóde nixus praecipuo cultu idolorum, Ors. 6, 31; S. 294, 15: Hml. S. 28, 6.
ge-wunian
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Ðá fǽmnan þe gewuniað onfón wiccan, Ll. Th. i. 52, 9. Hé gewunode on þám gesettum tídum þone ryne his síðfætes gefæstnian, Hml. S. 23 b, 162. with clause Gewunode án þeóf ꝥ hé stáh ofer þone hege fur consueverat per sepem ascendere, Gr.