wicca
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Finnish [edit]
Noun [edit]
wicca
Declension [edit]
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Declension of wicca (type kala)
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Synonyms [edit]
- (religion): wicca-uskonto, wiccalaisuus
- (follower): wiccalainen
Derived terms [edit]
Italian [edit]
Noun [edit]
wicca f (invariable)
Related terms [edit]
Old English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈwit͡ʃːɑ/
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Germanic *wikjô (“necromancer, sorcerer”).[1]
Further etymology uncertain; apparently from Proto-Indo-European *weik- (“separate, divide”), conjectured to be because of early Germanic divinatory practices to do with casting lots.
Noun [edit]
wiċċa m
- wizard, sorcerer, magician, druid, necromancer
- circa 890, Ælfred, Domboc, Prologue
- Ða fæmnan þe gewuniað onfon gealdorcræftigan ⁊ scinlæcan ⁊ wiccan, ne læt þu ða libban.
- Women who are accustomed to receiving enchanters and sorceresses and witches, do not let them live.
- Ða fæmnan þe gewuniað onfon gealdorcræftigan ⁊ scinlæcan ⁊ wiccan, ne læt þu ða libban.
- circa 890, Ælfred, Domboc, Prologue