wiglere

Old English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwiɡ.le.re/, [ˈwiɣ.le.re]

Noun

wiglere m

  1. diviner, augur, sorcerer, soothsayer
    Nū cwyð sum wīglere, ðæt wiccan oft secgaþ swā swā hit āgǣð mid ðām ðincge
    Now a certain sorcerer speaks, that witches often say so as it happens with that matter
    Drȳmen, and wiccan and ōðre wīgeleras bēoð tō helle bescofene for heora scīncræftum
    Druids and witches and other sorcerers are cast off to hell for their deceptive magic
    On gelīcnysse wīgleres and rǣdendes
    In the likeness of a sorcerer and diviner

Declension

Synonyms

  • hwata
  • *wīgla
  • wiglian (to divine, predict)
  • wigle (divination, augury)
  • wiglung (divination, augury)
  • steorwigle (astrology)
  • steorwiglere (astrologer)

Descendants

  • Middle English: wiʒelere, wiheleare, wiliere, wikelere, wielare
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