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Witchwords
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The words
on this all relate in some way to the ideas of "witch,"
"sorcery," "divination" or "magic."
Words that use the suffix "cræft" can be found
here: Craft Words
| begale |
to
sing incantations over, enchant |
| blæcgemm |
jet |
| burgrun |
sorceress |
| burhrun |
fate,
fury |
| deofolwitga |
wizard |
| dry |
magician,
sorcerer |
| drymann |
sorcerer,
magician |
| gagates |
agate,
jet |
| galdorcwide |
incantation |
| galdorgalend |
enchanter |
| galdorgalere |
wizard,
"snake charmer" |
| galdorleo |
incantation |
| galdorsang |
incantation |
| galdorword |
magic
word |
| galdre |
wizard,
magician |
| galdricge |
enchantress |
| galere |
wizard,
snake charmer |
| geosceaft |
destiny,
fate |
| glær |
amber,
resin |
| hægtessan |
fury,
witch, pythoness |
| hægtesse |
fury,
witch, pythoness |
| heahrun |
pythoness |
| hellerune |
pythoness,
sorceress, demon |
| helrynegu |
sorceress,
witch |
| lybbestre |
sorceress |
| lyblaca |
occult
act, use of drugs for magic, witchcraft |
| lyblace |
occult
act, use of drugs for magic, witchcraft |
| lyblæca |
wizard,
sorcerer |
| merewif |
waterwitch |
| nunne |
nun,
pagan priestess, vestal |
| runa |
counsellor,
confidant |
| sæcol |
jet |
| sapan |
amber,
ungent |
| scinnlæce |
sorceress,
witch |
| smelting |
amber |
| staca |
pin,
stake |
| stacung |
the
piercing of an effigy by a "staca" |
| stanwurung |
worship
of stones |
| sunganges |
moving
with the sun |
| tanhlyta |
soothsayer,
augur, diviner |
| tanhlytere |
soothsayer,
augur, diviner |
| wicca |
witch
(male), wizard, magician, soothsayer, astrologer |
| wiccan |
witch,
witches |
| wicce |
witch
(female) |
| wiccedom |
witchcraft |
| wiccena |
witches',
of witches |
| wiccian |
to
use witchcraft |
| wiccung |
enchantment |
| wiccungdom |
witchcraft |
| wigle |
divination |
| wiglere |
soothsaying,
wizard |
| wiglian |
to
take auspices, divine |
| wiglung |
soothsaying,
augury, witchcraft, sorcery |
| wigol |
divining,
foreboding |
| witegestre |
prophetess |
| wyrde |
fates,
chance, fortunes, destinies, Fates |
| wyrtgælstre |
witch
who works with herbs |
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