wiglere
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Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- wīġlere, weohlere
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]wiġlere m
- diviner, augur, sorcerer, soothsayer
- Nū cwyð sum wīġlere, 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 wīġeleras bēoð tō helle bescofene for heora scīncræftum
- Druids and witches and other sorcerers are cast off to hell for their deceptive magic
- On gelīcnysse wīġleres and rǣdendes
- In the likeness of a sorcerer and diviner
Declension
[edit]Declension of wiġlere (strong ja-stem)
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- wiġlian (“to divine, predict”)
- wiġle (“divination, augury”)
- wiġlung (“divination, augury”)
- steorwiġle (“astrology”)
- steorwiġlere (“astrologer”)