ge-ærwe
Perverse ⬩ wicked ⬩ prāvus
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Perverse, wicked; prāvus Ná tocleofode me heorte geærwe non adhæsit mihi cor prāvum, Ps. Spl. T. 100, 4
árleás-nes
Wickedness ⬩ acts of wickedness ⬩ impiety ⬩ iniquitas
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Wickedness, acts of wickedness, impiety; iniquitas Æfter mænigo árleásnyssa heora secundum multitudinem impietatum eorum, Ps. Spl. 5, 12: 64, 3. Seó wíldeórlíce árleásnes Bretta cyninges feralis impietas regis Brittonum, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 7: 3, 19; S
bær-synnig
Openly-wicked ⬩ an open or public sinner ⬩ a publican ⬩ apertus vel publicus peccator ⬩ publicanus
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Openly-wicked; used substantively, an open or public sinner, a publican; apertus vel publicus peccator, publicanus Síe ðé swǽ bærsynnig sit tibi sicut publicanus, Mt. Lind. Stv. 18, 17: 21, 32: Mk. Lind. War. 2, 16: Lk. Lind. War. 15, 1: Mt. Lind. Stv
Linked entries: bear-swinig synnig beor-swinig
wíglere
A diviner ⬩ soothsayer ⬩ augur ⬩ sorcerer
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Gif wiccan oððe wígleras, oþþe morðwyrhtan . . . L. E. G. II; Th. i. 172, 20: L. C. S. 4 ; Th. i. 378, 7. Wiccan oþþe wígleras, scíncræftigan . . . L. Eth. vi. 7; Th. i. 316, 20. Wiccan and wígleras (wígeleras, v. l. ). Wulfst. 27, I.
Linked entry: weohlere
candel-wyrt
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Candelwyrt phlomos [MS. fromos] vel lucernaria [MS. lucernaris ]. Ælfc. Gl. 44; Som. 64, 90; Wrt. Voc. 32, 25
Beorwíc
BERWICK on Tweed
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BERWICK on Tweed, Som
unlyb-wyrhta
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Wiccan and unlybbwyrhtan. Nap. 65, 37. Add
hell-rúna
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Helhrúnan, wiccan pitonissam, diutnatricem, An. Ox. 1926. Helrúnan, 2, 60: 7, 106: 8, 106. and add
bearn-myrþra
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Ðider sculan wiccan and bearnmyrðran, Wlfst. 115, 1. Hér syndan myltestran and bearnmyrðran, 165, 33. Add
mán-dǽda
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An evil-doer, one that works iniquity Morðslagan and mándǽdan. . . and wiccan and unlybbwyrhtan, Nap. 65, 36
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
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
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
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?)
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.
wiccian
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To practise witchcraft Gif hwá wiccige ymbe ǽniges mannes lufe, and him on ǽte sylle, oððe on drince, oððe on ǽniges cynnes gealdorcræftum, ðæt hyra lufu for ðon ðe máre beón scyle . . .
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
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
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,
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.