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"The seaweed, Laminaria saccharina."
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"A red clay marble, generally one that is considered effective in winning games, a “wizard”."
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"1": "fy",
"2": "wikje"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian wikje",
"name": "cog"
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{
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"1": "fy",
"2": "wikke",
"t": "to foretell, warn"
},
"expansion": "wikke (“to foretell, warn”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds-de",
"2": "wicken",
"t": "to soothsay"
},
"expansion": "German Low German wicken (“to soothsay”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "nl",
"2": "wikken"
},
"expansion": "Dutch wikken",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "wichelen",
"t": "to dowse, divine"
},
"expansion": "wichelen (“to dowse, divine”)",
"name": "m"
},
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"1": "sco",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*wik-néh₂-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wik-néh₂-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*weyk-",
"t": "to consecrate; separate"
},
"expansion": "*weyk- (“to consecrate; separate”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "victima",
"t": "sacrificial victim"
},
"expansion": "Latin victima (“sacrificial victim”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "viekas",
"3": "viẽkas",
"t": "life-force"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian viẽkas (“life-force”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "विनक्ति",
"t": "to set apart, separate out",
"tr": "vinákti"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit विनक्ति (vinákti, “to set apart, separate out”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English wicche, from Old English wiċċe (“witch (female),sorceress”) and wiċċa (“witch (male), sorcerer”) m., deverbative from wiċċian (“to practice sorcery”), from Proto-Germanic *wikkōną (compare West Frisian wikje, wikke (“to foretell, warn”), German Low German wicken (“to soothsay”), Dutch wikken, wichelen (“to dowse, divine”)), from Proto-Indo-European *wik-néh₂-, derivation of *weyk- (“to consecrate; separate”); akin to Latin victima (“sacrificial victim”), Lithuanian viẽkas (“life-force”), Sanskrit विनक्ति (vinákti, “to set apart, separate out”).",
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"tags": [
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]
}
],
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"8": "",
"9": "",
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"cat3": "",
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"witch; A person, chiefly a woman, skilled in sorcery."
],
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},
{
"glosses": [
"witch; A person, chiefly a woman, skilled in sorcery.",
"warlock"
],
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"glosses": [
"Various animals, insects and objects in some way associated with witches.",
"A moth in general; a tortoiseshell butterfly."
],
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],
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],
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"(transferred) Various animals, insects and objects in some way associated with witches.",
"A moth in general; a tortoiseshell butterfly."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
],
"glosses": [
"Various animals, insects and objects in some way associated with witches.",
"The pole flounder or dab, Glyptocephalus cynoglossus."
],
"links": [
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"dab",
"dab"
]
],
"qualifier": "transferred",
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"(transferred) Various animals, insects and objects in some way associated with witches.",
"The pole flounder or dab, Glyptocephalus cynoglossus."
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Various animals, insects and objects in some way associated with witches.",
"The seaweed, Laminaria saccharina."
],
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"seaweed",
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],
[
"Laminaria saccharina",
"Laminaria saccharina#Translingual"
]
],
"qualifier": "transferred",
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"(transferred) Various animals, insects and objects in some way associated with witches.",
"The seaweed, Laminaria saccharina."
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Various animals, insects and objects in some way associated with witches.",
"A red clay marble, generally one that is considered effective in winning games, a “wizard”."
],
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"marble"
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],
"qualifier": "transferred",
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"(transferred) Various animals, insects and objects in some way associated with witches.",
"A red clay marble, generally one that is considered effective in winning games, a “wizard”."
]
}
],
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{
"word": "ell-woman"
},
{
"word": "galdragon"
},
{
"word": "gyre carline"
},
{
"word": "hexie"
},
{
"word": "sorceres"
},
{
"word": "wancanny carlin"
},
{
"word": "weird-woman"
},
{
"word": "wise wife"
},
{
"word": "wise woman"
},
{
"word": "witch-carline"
},
{
"word": "witch-queen"
},
{
"word": "witch-wife"
},
{
"word": "juglour"
},
{
"word": "sorcerar"
},
{
"word": "varlet"
},
{
"word": "warlock"
},
{
"word": "weird"
},
{
"word": "wutch"
},
{
"word": "whitch"
}
],
"word": "witch"
}
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"Scots lemmas",
"Scots nouns",
"Scots terms derived from Middle English",
"Scots terms derived from Old English",
"Scots terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Scots terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Scots terms inherited from Middle English",
"Scots terms inherited from Old English",
"Scots verbs",
"sco:Female",
"sco:Occult",
"sco:People"
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"name": "inh"
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"2": "ang",
"3": "wiċċe",
"t": "witch (female),sorceress"
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{
"args": {
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"name": "m"
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"name": "m"
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"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*wikkōną"
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"name": "der"
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{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "wikje"
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"expansion": "West Frisian wikje",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "wikke",
"t": "to foretell, warn"
},
"expansion": "wikke (“to foretell, warn”)",
"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "nds-de",
"2": "wicken",
"t": "to soothsay"
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"expansion": "German Low German wicken (“to soothsay”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "wikken"
},
"expansion": "Dutch wikken",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "wichelen",
"t": "to dowse, divine"
},
"expansion": "wichelen (“to dowse, divine”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*wik-néh₂-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wik-néh₂-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*weyk-",
"t": "to consecrate; separate"
},
"expansion": "*weyk- (“to consecrate; separate”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "victima",
"t": "sacrificial victim"
},
"expansion": "Latin victima (“sacrificial victim”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "viekas",
"3": "viẽkas",
"t": "life-force"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian viẽkas (“life-force”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "विनक्ति",
"t": "to set apart, separate out",
"tr": "vinákti"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit विनक्ति (vinákti, “to set apart, separate out”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English wicche, from Old English wiċċe (“witch (female),sorceress”) and wiċċa (“witch (male), sorcerer”) m., deverbative from wiċċian (“to practice sorcery”), from Proto-Germanic *wikkōną (compare West Frisian wikje, wikke (“to foretell, warn”), German Low German wicken (“to soothsay”), Dutch wikken, wichelen (“to dowse, divine”)), from Proto-Indo-European *wik-néh₂-, derivation of *weyk- (“to consecrate; separate”); akin to Latin victima (“sacrificial victim”), Lithuanian viẽkas (“life-force”), Sanskrit विनक्ति (vinákti, “to set apart, separate out”).",
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{
"form": "witching",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "witchit",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "witchit",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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"2": "verbs",
"3": "third-person singular simple present",
"4": "",
"5": "present participle",
"6": "witching",
"7": "simple past",
"8": "witchit",
"9": "past participle",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "witch (third-person singular simple present, present participle witching, simple past witchit, past participle witchit)",
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"To harm (a person, etc.) by means of witchcraft; to bewitch, cast a spell on."
],
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"cast",
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"(transitive) To harm (a person, etc.) by means of witchcraft; to bewitch, cast a spell on."
],
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"singular",
"third-person",
"transitive"
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"To affect or influence as by witchcraft."
],
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"(figurative) To affect or influence as by witchcraft."
],
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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}
],
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{
"word": "wutch"
},
{
"word": "whitch"
}
],
"word": "witch"
}
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