Old English wicca and wicce In the Early Medieval language of Old English, the term wicca () was a masculine noun for sorcerer; wicce was its feminine counterpart. They are ancestral to Modern English witch. The Modern English term Wicca took the Old English wicca as its basis, although the two are fundamentally two distinct words with differing meanings, pronunciation, and grammatical usage, with nearly a millennium between their respective floruits.
Old English ƿiċċa and ƿiċċe In the Early Medieval language of Old English, the term ƿiċċa () was a masculine noun for sorcerer; 3447;iċċe was its feminine counterpart. They are ancestral to Modern English witch. The Modern English term Wicca took the Old English wicca as its basis, although the two are fundamentally two distinct words with differing meanings, pronunciation, and grammatical usage, with nearly a millennium between their respective floruits.
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wicca and wicce
ƿiċċa and ƿiċċe
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ƿiċċa
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3447;iċċe