单词 | witch-wife |
释义 | > as lemmaswitch-wife witch-wife n. now archaic a woman who practises witchcraft or magic; cf. sense 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > witch > [noun] walkyrieOE witchOE hagc1230 strya1300 wise woman1382 sorceressc1384 luller14.. tylyester14.. chantressc1425 magicienne1490 gyre-carline1535 witch-womana1538 eye-biter1584 beldama1586 witch-wife1591 cunning woman1594 saga?a1600 magha1609 magicianess1651 hag-witcha1658 haggard1658 besom-rider1664 wizardess1789 fly-by-night1796 lucky1827 bruja1829 weird-woman1845 hex1856 Baba Yaga1857 pishogue1906 witcher1928 1591 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. ii. 250 Catherene Campbell the Wich-wyffe, duelland in the Cannogait. 1696 A. Telfair True Relation Apparition 6 He had sent his Son to a Witch-wife, who lived then at the Routing-bridge. 1867 W. Morris Life & Death of Jason v. 94 As poisonous herbs..Are pounded by some witch-wife on the shore Of Pontus. 1981 B. Lumley Khai of Khem (2004) v. ii. 133 Aysha the witch-wife had first brought this fact to light with her predictions about Khai. < as lemmas |
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