wicche

Middle English

Alternative forms

wyche, wycch, weche, wytche, wycche, witche, wecche, wychche, wichche, wech

Etymology

From a conflation of Old English wiċċe and wicca.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwitʃ(ə)/, /ˈweːtʃ(ə)/

Noun

wicche (plural wicches or wicchen)

witch, wizard, sorceror
pagan, heretic, nonbeliever

Related terms

Descendants

English: witch
Scots: wich, wech, witch

References

“wicch(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-11.

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