wiglere
Old English
Alternative forms
- wīglere, weohlere
- ƿiglere – wynn spelling
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwiɡ.le.re/, [ˈwiɣ.le.re]
Noun
wiglere m
- 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
Declension of wiglere (strong ja-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | wiglere | wigleras |
| accusative | wiglere | wigleras |
| genitive | wigleres | wiglera |
| dative | wiglere | wiglerum |
Related terms
- wiglian (“to divine, predict”)
- wigle (“divination, augury”)
- wiglung (“divination, augury”)
- steorwigle (“astrology”)
- steorwiglere (“astrologer”)
Synonyms
- hwata
- *wīgla
Descendants
- Middle English: wiʒelere, wiheleare, wiliere, wikelere, wielare