Author: John Wick (---.120.200)
Date: 01-13-2005 11:16
http://www.agnosticwitch.catcara.com/nonscript-version/witch-etymology.htm
Weik 1: in regards to sorcery and religious matters [2]
wih-l OE: wigle
wik- means holy
wihl
ON:(craftines)
wikke
[wikke pertains to magic and sorcery only.]
MG: wikken (to predict) OHG: wicken (to work magic) wikkerie(witchery)
LS: wiken, wicken. wigelen and wichelen (conjuring; soothsaying) ; wikker, wichler (fortune telling) ; wikkerske (witch) ; wichelie (sorcery)
OE: wicca(m.), wicce (f.)(witch); wiccian (to work sorcery, bewitch) wicce-craeft (witchcraft) ME: witche and MdE: witch
Weik 2: bend or fold
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=witch&x=12&y=13
Etymology: Middle English wicche, from Old English wicca, masculine, wizard & wicce, feminine, witch; akin to Middle High German wicken to bewitch, Old English wigle divination, and perhaps to Old High German wIh holy
http://www.stavacademy.co.uk/mimir/witch.htm
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