- Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The
English word witch, from the Old
English wiċċe, is a term
rooted in
European folklore and
superstition for a practitioner...
- the term ƿiċċa (pronounced [ˈwittʃɑ]) was a
masculine noun for sorcerer;
ƿiċċe was its
feminine counterpart. They are
ancestral to
Modern English witch...
-
Witch ****cutions in
Europe and
North America, a
revised edition of Witch,
Wicce,
Mother Goose: The Rise and Fall of the
Witch Hunts in
Europe and North...
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practitioners of magic, witch,
derived from the
earlier Old
English term
wicce. Ars
Magica or
magic is a
major component and
supporting contribution to...
- witchcraft,' 'witchcraft,' 'the craft,' 'Wiccan spirituality,' 'Wicca,' '
Wicce,' 'Wiccan religion,' 'the old religion,' 'Goddess spirituality,' 'nature...
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Among the Old
English words for
practitioners of
magic are
wicca (m.) or
wicce (f.), the
etymons of
Modern English 'witch'. In the
Viking Age, the practice...
- wiccecræft from
wicce ('witch') and cræft ('craft'). The
masculine form was
wicca ('male sorcerer').
According to the
Oxford English Dictionary,
wicce and wicca...
- doi:10.1111/j.1533-8525.1993.tb00124.x. Thurston,
Robert W. (2001). Witch,
Wicce,
Mother Goose: The Rise and Fall of the
Witch Hunts in
Europe and North...
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English name "Wicca" is
borrowed from the Old
English wicca [ˈwittʃɑ] and
wicce [ˈwittʃe],
respectively the
masculine and
feminine terms for
certain kinds...
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practitioners of magic, witch,
derived from the
earlier Old
English term
wicce. A
person that
performs sorcery is
referred to as a
sorcerer or a witch...
