"warlock" meaning in Scots

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Noun

Forms: warlocks [plural], warlick [alternative], warlo [alternative], warluck [alternative], waurlock [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle English warloghe, warlowe, warloȝe, from Old English wǣrloga (“traitor, deceiver”, literally “truce-breaker”), from wǣr (“covenant, truce, pact, promise”) (from Proto-Indo-European *wēr- (“true”); compare veritable) + loga (“liar”), from Proto-Germanic *lugô, related to Old English lēogan (whence English lie). Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|warloghe}} Middle English warloghe, {{inh|sco|ang|wǣrloga||traitor, deceiver|lit=truce-breaker}} Old English wǣrloga (“traitor, deceiver”, literally “truce-breaker”), {{der|sco|ine-pro||*wēr-|true}} Proto-Indo-European *wēr- (“true”), {{der|sco|gem-pro|*lugô}} Proto-Germanic *lugô Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|warlocks|||||cat2=|cat3=|checkredlinks=1|head=}} warlock (plural warlocks), {{sco-noun}} warlock (plural warlocks)
  1. the Devil
    Sense id: en-warlock-sco-noun-wW5T7RPL Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header, Male Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 9 6 28 28 13 13 3 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 4 28 28 16 16 2 1 Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 32 32 14 19 2 1 Disambiguation of Male: 44 44 3 4 2 2
  2. the Devil
    a devil; a fiend
    Sense id: en-warlock-sco-noun-HDZjCjU8 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header, Male Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 9 6 28 28 13 13 3 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 4 28 28 16 16 2 1 Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 32 32 14 19 2 1 Disambiguation of Male: 44 44 3 4 2 2
  3. warlock; a man who is thought to be in league with the powers of darkness and to have supernatural knowledge and means of bewitching and harming others
    (occasionally) witch
    Sense id: en-warlock-sco-noun-BCXj7elV Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 9 6 28 28 13 13 3 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 4 28 28 16 16 2 1 Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 32 32 14 19 2 1
  4. warlock; a man who is thought to be in league with the powers of darkness and to have supernatural knowledge and means of bewitching and harming others
    (in a weaker sense) sorcerer, wizard, magician
    Sense id: en-warlock-sco-noun-gsFFz8sc Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header, People Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 9 6 28 28 13 13 3 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 4 28 28 16 16 2 1 Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 32 32 14 19 2 1 Disambiguation of People: 0 0 41 59 0 0 Synonyms (female magic user): ell-woman, galdragon, gyre carline, hexie, sorceres, wancanny carlin, weird-woman, wise woman, wise wife, witch, witch-carline, witch-queen, witch-wife Synonyms (male magic user): juglour, sorcerar, varlet, weird Disambiguation of 'female magic user': 14 14 23 44 4 0 Disambiguation of 'male magic user': 14 14 23 44 4 0
  5. (attributive, in combination) bewitched, magical, supernatural; malevolent, mischievous Tags: attributive, in-compounds
    Sense id: en-warlock-sco-noun-CFKOr0pn Categories (other): Occult Disambiguation of Occult: 5 10 20 22 39 4
  6. (derogatory) an old, ugly or misanthropic man; a mischievous or troublesome fellow Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-warlock-sco-noun-HAso1ffs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: warlock-breef (english: a written commission to be a warlock, a magic charm, supernatural power), warlockry (english: wizardry, magic), warlokin
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      "sense": "female magic user",
      "word": "ell-woman"
    },
    {
      "sense": "female magic user",
      "word": "galdragon"
    },
    {
      "sense": "female magic user",
      "word": "gyre carline"
    },
    {
      "sense": "female magic user",
      "word": "hexie"
    },
    {
      "sense": "female magic user",
      "word": "sorceres"
    },
    {
      "sense": "female magic user",
      "word": "wancanny carlin"
    },
    {
      "sense": "female magic user",
      "word": "weird-woman"
    },
    {
      "sense": "female magic user",
      "word": "wise woman"
    },
    {
      "sense": "female magic user",
      "word": "wise wife"
    },
    {
      "sense": "female magic user",
      "word": "witch"
    },
    {
      "sense": "female magic user",
      "word": "witch-carline"
    },
    {
      "sense": "female magic user",
      "word": "witch-queen"
    },
    {
      "sense": "female magic user",
      "word": "witch-wife"
    }
  ],
  "word": "warlock"
}

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